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GW Pharma announce Darren Cline as company’s new Chief Commercial Officer

April 12, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

GW Pharmaceuticals have announced the appointment of Darren Cline as the company’s new US Chief Commercial Officer. Cline will lead …
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FDA expands Keytruda label to include stage 3 and 4 non-small cell lung cancer

April 12, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, MSD, keytruda, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pharma

MSD has revealed that its anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has received expanded indication from the FDA to include the first-line …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

April 12, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, BMS, Eisai, Gilead, MSD, Pfizer, ViiV, indivior

This week was an excellent week for recommendations and approvals after Eisai, MSD, Pfizer, BMS and ViiV scored wins. Meanwhile …
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Opioid crisis cost US government nearly $38 billion in lost taxes

April 11, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development US, government, opioid crisis, opioids, public health, tax revenue

The opioid epidemic may have cost US state and federal governments as much as $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue, …
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Traffic pollution linked to four million childhood asthma cases each year

April 11, 2019 Research and Development Air pollution, NO2, Traffic, asthma, emissions, pollution, public health

Air pollution is linked to four million cases of childhood asthma each year, according to research published in The Lancet …
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Living with a rare chromosome disorder

April 11, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Inv Dup Del 8p, feature, patient experience, pharma

Rebecca Pender’s daughter Hannah lives with the ultra-rare condition Inv Dup Del 8p, a genetic arrangement that affects just 80 …
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Researchers use CRISPR to reveal gene targets in 30 types of cancer

April 11, 2019 Research and Development Cancer, crispr, drug development, genes, genetics, oncology

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Open Targets have been able to identify thousands of genes which play a …
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FDA green lights Amgen and UCB’s Evenity in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients

April 10, 2019 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Evenity, FDA, UCB Pharma, osteoporosis, pharma

The FDA has decided to approve Amgen and UCB Pharma’s Evenity (romosozumab-aqqg) for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis patients at …
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Indivior shares fall by 70% after allegations of fraud

April 10, 2019 Research and Development Virginia, indivior, opioid crisis, opioids, suboxone

Shares in London-listed Indivior plummeted this morning after US Federal prosecutors said the British drugmaker had deceived doctors as to …
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Europe approves Lynparza in HER2-, gBRCAm advanced breast cancer

April 10, 2019 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MSD, breast cancer, lynparza, pharma

Lynparza (olparib), the poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor developed by AstraZeneca and MSD, has been awarded marketing approval by …
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New Yorkers must be vaccinated or face a fine

April 10, 2019 Research and Development Brooklyn, New York, infectious diseases, measles, public health, vaccines

A public health emergency has been declared in New York following an outbreak of measles. Residents of certain postcodes in …
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) execs testify before US Senate

April 10, 2019 Research and Development PBMs, Rebates, Senate, US, pharma, senator, sfc

Executives representing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) appeared before the US Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday as they testified on the …
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United Therapeutics terminates oral pulmonary arterial hypertension drug following Phase 3 failure

April 9, 2019 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Tyvaso, United Therapeutics, pharma, pulmonary arterial hypertension

United Therapeutics has revealed in a short announcement that, because its pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapy failed to meet its …
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ViiV Healthcares scores first twin-drug FDA approval for untreated HIV-1

April 9, 2019 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GSK, HIV, ViiV Healthcare, pharma

ViiV Healthcare, the pharmaceutical firm owned by Shionogi, Pfizer and predominantly GSK, has announced its two-drug HIV regimen Dovato (dolutegravir …
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Kymab announces Merck exec Simon Sturge as new CEO

April 8, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, appointment, kymab, pharma

UK-based biotech Kymab has identified Merck KGaA executive Simon Sturge as its new Chief Executive Officer, taking over the reins …
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