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FDA plans greater diversity in clinical trials

January 29, 2016 Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, Robert Califf, clinical trial, patient recruitment

The FDA is to focus on increasing patient diversity in clinical trials in 2016, to “ensure that research participants are …
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Aslan Pharmaceuticals appoints eminent cancer researcher to chair scientific advisory board

January 28, 2016 Research and Development Aslan, Professor Sir David Lane

Aslan Pharmaceuticals has appointed four global cancer experts to its new scientific advisory board.The Board will be chaired by the …
Appointment
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BMS says Phase III Opdivo head and neck cancer trial stopped early

January 28, 2016 Medical Communications, Research and Development

Bristol Myers Squibb has announced a Phase III study of Opdivo (nivolumab) in head and neck cancer patients was stopped early …
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Lilly and Roche team up on new Alzheimer’s diagnostic test

January 28, 2016 Research and Development Alzheimer's disease, Diagnostics, Roche, dementia, lilly

Eli Lilly has partnered with Roche Diagnostics to advance its development of a cerebrospinal fluid test for amyloid-beta 1-42, which …
News
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Open access research partnership to ‘crowdsource’ new myeloma drugs

January 27, 2016 Research and Development Myeloma UK, Structural Genomics Consortium, collaboration, eric low, myeloma, partnership

Myeloma UK and the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have entered into an open-access research partnership to find new drug targets …
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New biopharma heads for Merck in North America and China

January 27, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gary Zieziula, Mark Horn, Merck

Merck has made two appointments in its biopharma business: Gary Zieziula will lead Merck’s biopharma business in North America and …
Appointment

Is bioscience still getting lost in translation?

January 27, 2016 Research and Development CASMI, Centre for Sustainable Medical Innovation, Professor Richard Barker, R&D, bioscience

After several years of anguish about pharmaceutical pipelines, R&D productivity seems to be picking up.New medicines and cell and gene …
Feature

Pharma ‘forced to innovate in patient recruitment and retention’

January 27, 2016 Research and Development Tufts, clinical trials, patient recruitment, patient retention

The ‘critical need’ to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials is driving pharma to create a “structural change in …
News
Jardiance

FDA reviews Jardiance as cardiovascular diabetes treatment

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, FDA, jardiance

The FDA has accepted Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s supplemental New Drug Application for their diabetes drug Jardiance to be …
News
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NICE recommends six drugs in final guidance

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE

NICE has published final recommendations approving drug treatments for ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, gastric cancer and idiopathic pulmonary …
News

Johnson & Johnson hit by fall in 2015 sales

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, financial results, revenue, sales

Full year sales at the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson fell by 6% in 2015, to just over $70 billion, …
News

NICE backs biosimilars with arthritis drug endorsements

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DMARDs, NICE, biosimilars, rheumatoid arthritis

NICE has published updated final guidance recommending seven biological disease modifying drugs (DMARDs) for treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis which …
News
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Avacta appoints Philippe Cotrel as chief commercial officer

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Avacta

Cotrel joins Avacta from Abcam, where he held the role of commercial operations director.He will lead the Group’s commercial strategy …
Appointment
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New chief exec at MannKind

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alfred Mann, Duane DeSisto, Insulet, Mannkind, Matthew Pffefer

The board of directors of MannKind have appointed Matthew Pfeffer as chief executive of MannKind.He replaces Alfred Mann who has …
Appointment

AbbVie VP joins UCB Pharma

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pascale Richetta, UCB, UCB Pharma

Pascale Richetta will join the UCB as its new head of the bone therapy patient value unit as from February …
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