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March 20, 2020 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chinese Coronavirus, Wuhan Coronavirus, china coronavirus, coronavirus

The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to dominate the news: A flu drug has appeared to be effective in treating COVID-19 while …
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Japan grants orphan drug designation to Lynparza for BRCA+ unresectable pancreatic cancer

March 19, 2020 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Japan, lynparza, pharma

AstraZeneca has confirmed that its PARP inhibitor Lynparza (olaparib) has been awarded orphan drug designation in Japan for the maintenance …
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Global drug spending projected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2024, report argues

March 18, 2020 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IQVIA, pharma, report

Total global spending on medicines is set to break $1.1 trillion by 2024, a new report released by IQVIA has …
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Fujifilm flu drug effective in treating coronavirus in Chinese clinical trials

March 18, 2020 Research and Development COVID-19, Wuhan Coronavirus, coronavirus

A flu drug has appeared to be effective in treating COVID-19, according to recent clinical trials in China. The drug, …
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100 coronavirus cases linked to Biogen-hosted event in Boston, State of Massachusetts confirms

March 18, 2020 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development Biogen, coronavirus, pharma

It is now known that around 100 of the known cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus can be traced to an …
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$63bn Allergan/AbbVie merger review could be delayed by coronavirus

March 18, 2020 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Allergan, merger, pharma

The $63 billion merger of major pharma players AbbVie and Allergan could be facing hurdles on the road to regulatory …
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NICE promotes Professor Gillian Leng as its new Chief Executive

March 18, 2020 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, UK, pharma

NICE, the drug watchdog for the NHS in England and Wales, has announced that it has promoted Professor Gillian Leng …
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New technologies and industry collaboration will help fight chronic illnesses

March 17, 2020 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing feature, pharma

Authored by Dan Boot, Head of Digital Innovation at RB Health.Around the world, populations are aging. According to the World …
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European Commission offers €80m to CureVac to develop coronavirus vaccine

March 17, 2020 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CureVac, EU, US, coronavirus

Following confirmation of reports that US President Donald Trump sought to persuade a biotech to provide US-exclusivity for a potential …
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Novo Nordisk halts three haemophilia studies after participants suffer thrombotic events

March 17, 2020 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novo Nordisk, haemophilia, pharma

Novo Nordisk has moved to temporarily shut down two of its Phase 3 and one of its Phase 2 clinical …
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Success and failure at Phase 3 for AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi combos in first-line small cell lung cancer

March 17, 2020 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, pharma

AstraZeneca has pulled back the curtain on new Phase 3 data for Imfinzi (durvalumab) in the first-line treatment of extensive-stage …
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Human dosing begins for first US coronavirus vaccine

March 17, 2020 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Moderna, Vaccine, coronavirus, pharma

The race to develop a vaccine against the ongoing outbreak of novel coronavirus has stepped up with the news that …
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Genmab announces newly-created Chief Financial Officer appointment

March 16, 2020 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genmab, pharma

Genmab has announced the establishment of the new position of Chief Operating Officer at the company, and has furthermore named …
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Bavencio Phase 3 head and neck cancer trial terminated

March 16, 2020 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bavencio, Cancer, EMD Serono, Merck KGaA, Pfizer, trial failure

Merck KGaA, its biopharma division EMD Serono, and Pfizer have announced their decision to terminate their ongoing Phase 3 trial …
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Fosun and BioNTech partner up for coronavirus vaccine development and commercialisation

March 16, 2020 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BioNTech, coronavirus, fosun, pharma

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to test global leadership, a new partnership has been announced between BioNTech and …
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