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Fujifilm partners with Takeda, stepping into regenerative medicine

February 9, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development Fujifilm, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Fujifilm has been steadily building up its regenerative medicines, with several acquisitions of companies that hold expertise in the area …
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Stada poaches Novartis exec for fifth CEO in two years

February 8, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Stada, appointment

Stada has revealed its new CEO as Peter Goldschmidt, the current head of North American operations at Novartis’ generics and …
Appointment
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Celgene Executive Chairman Bob Hugin retires

February 8, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Fresh from its acquisition of Juno Therapeutics, Celgene announced that its Executive Chairman Bob Hugin was to retire effective 5 …
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New Year, new goals

February 8, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer Research UK, Chiesi, EMA, FDA, Genetic Alliance, pharma

With the New Year begun in earnest, Pharmafocus speaks to a range of players in pharma and the life sciences …
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Biogen halts Tysabri trial after failure in acute ischemic stroke

February 8, 2018 Research and Development Biogen, Tysabri, multiple sclerosis, pharma, stroke, trial failure

Biogen has halted its investigation into the efficacy of its humanised monoclonal antibody Tysabri (natalizumab) in the treatment of acute …
News
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Astellas confirms Kenji Yasukawa as new President and CEO

February 7, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, appointment

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Astellas has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the selection of current Chief Strategy Officer …
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CEO gets the axe: Arcturus relieve Payne of position

February 7, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arcturus, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Early in February, Arcturus Therapeutics revealed that it had let its CEO, Joseph Payne, go and had replaced him as …
Appointment

J&J’s apalutamide shows strength in non-metastatic prostate cancer

February 7, 2018 Research and Development J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, pharma, prostate cancer

Johnson & Johnson unveiled new data at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancer symposium which demonstrated that its androgen receptor antagonist apalutamide …
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Array’s melanoma therapy blasts Roche’s out of water

February 7, 2018 Research and Development Array Biopharma, Pierre Fabre, Roche, biotech, drugs, melanoma, pharma, pharmaceutical

Array Biopharma suffered a serious knock back in early 2017 when its plan to commercialise its drug, binimetinib, were derailed …
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Allergan bolsters skincare portfolio with Elastagen acquisition for $95 million

February 7, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Elastagen, M&A, MA, pharma

Pharma’s M&A train keeps on going as news breaks that Allergan has picked up University of Sydney spin-off Elastagen for …
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NHS tells doctors to order stronger vaccine for next winter

February 7, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, biotech, drugs, flu season, pharma, pharmaceutical

England is not alone in being particularly hard hit this flu season, with Australia suffering its worst flu season in …
News
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New breakthrough for CGRP migraine treatments

February 6, 2018 Research and Development Allergan, Amgen, CGRP, Novartis, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Allergan had a rough year in 2017, dropping by close to $80 a share from February 2017 to this month. …
News
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Allergan successfully concludes CFO search

February 6, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Allergan has been searching for a new Chief Financial Officer since Tessa Hilado, its current CFO, revealed that she would …
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UK Government to offer HPV vaccine to men who have sex with men

February 6, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development England, HPV, UK, human papillomavirus, pharma, vaccination

The UK Government has confirmed a national vaccination programme that will provide access for men who have sex with men(MSM) …
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BMS’ Opdivo and Yervoy combo better than chemo in halting lung cancer progression

February 6, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, NSCLC, Yervoy, lung cancer, opdivo, pharma

Bristol-Myers Squibb has revealed promising data from its ongoing Phase 3 study investigating the efficacy of Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination …
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