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Sun Pharma takes on Novartis in the US with generic Glivec

February 2, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gleevec, Novartis, Sun Pharma

Mumbai-based drug manufacturer Sun Pharma has launched a generic version of Glivec, for the same indications for which the former …
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Sanofi Pasteur launches Zika vaccine R&D

February 2, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Sanofi Pasteur, Vaccine, Zika virus

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of French pharma giant Sanofi, says it has launched a vaccine research and development project …
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Europe approves BMS hep C drug for HIV and liver transplant patients

February 1, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, daclatasvir, daklinza

The European Commission has approved the expanded use of Bristol Myers-Squibb’s hepatitis C drug Daklinza (daclatasvir), to include liver transplant …
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Merck launches health tech start-up program in Africa

February 1, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development

Merck has begun its equity-free accelerator program for digital health start-ups in Nairobi, Kenya- a three-month venture offering $15,000 equity-free …
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Ministers reject bid to revive Off Patent Drugs Bill

February 1, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill, Off Patent Drugs Bill, Off-Patent Drugs Bill, george freeman, parliament, repurposing drugs

Ministers have rejected amendments to a proposed Parliamentary Bill that sought to reintroduce elements of the Off Patent Drugs Bill, …
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Allergan’s depression drug awarded FDA Breakthrough Therapy status

January 29, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, depression, rapastinel

While still adjusting to life as part of Pfizer, Allergan has received some good news in the form of the …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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