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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

May 26, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing top ten

Among other things, it’s been a week characterised by safety failures as three of our most popular stories centred on …
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Pharmaceutical companies and patient advocacy groups: Natural allies in the support of patients

May 25, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, Takeda oncology, patient advocacy

As published in the special Market Access section of the latest issue of Pharmafocus, Liz Lewis, Chief Counsel & Compliance …
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Neurocrine’s Ingrezza flops in Tourette’s for second time

May 25, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Neurocrine Biosciences, tourette's

Neurocrine’s Tourette’s therapy Ingrezza (valbenazine) has been hit with yet another setback, flopping in a Phase 2 trial of paediatric …
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Cannabidiol drug found to aid in devastating childhood epilepsy condition

May 25, 2017 Research and Development GW Pharmaceuticals, cannabidoil, epilepsy

A treatment derived from cannabis has been found to produce remarkable results in children who have epilepsy. Cannabidoil, when offered …
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Inovio posts “exceptional” results for HIV vaccine

May 25, 2017 Research and Development AIDS, HIV, HIV vaccine, Vaccine

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has been working on HIV vaccines for a long time and, eight years after signing a $25 million …
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MSD receives first FDA approval based on specific genetic feature

May 24, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, Precision Medicine, biomarker, keytruda

In a historic first, MSD (known as Merck in North America) has received approval for its immunotherapy treatment Keytruda in …
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Antibiotics found to fail in quarter of pneumonia patients

May 24, 2017 Research and Development Antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, pneumonia

A new study that emerged from the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference revealed that 22.1% of patients who were …
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MSD under CMA investigation over unfair Remicade pricing

May 24, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Competition and Marketing Authority, MSD, Remicade

MSD is facing legal trouble after the Competition and Marketing Authority (CMA) alleged that the pharmaceutical firm had engaged in …
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Opioid crisis “highest initial priority” for new FDA Commissioner

May 24, 2017 Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, Scott Gottlieb, opioid, opioid crisis

Scott Gottlieb, the newly appointment FDA Commissioner, has indicated that his first priority is to tackle the opioid crisis currently …
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The June 2017 issue of Pharmafocus is now live!

May 23, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Pharmafocus, Roche, Takeda, UK, brexit, data management, market access, neurological disorders

The latest edition of Pharmafocus is available to read online now!
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European approval for novel Eisai epilepsy monotherapy

May 23, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bial, Eisai, Zebinix, epilepsy

Eisai and Bial have revealed that their drug Zebinix (eslicarbazepine acetate) has been awarded marketing authorisation by the European Commission …
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Nativis Incorporated appoints new CSO

May 23, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Nativis

Nativis, a clinical stage life science bio-clectronic company, has appointed Dr Kenneth Ferguson to the position of Chief Scientific Officer. …
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Strong showing for AZ asthma drug, but diabetes treatment flops

May 23, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, asthma, diabetes

AstraZeneca has been mulling over mixed news this week after both its severe asthma treatment and diabetes therapy saw varying …
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J&J lines up its Global Head for Actelion

May 22, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actelion, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson

The deal is not yet complete but the last steps are assumed to be a formality – at least Johnson …
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Behind the NHS recruitment crisis

May 22, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS Providers

NHS Providers, the membership organisation and trade association for the NHS, laid a stark warning at the door of the …
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