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AbbVie opens its $300 million manufacturing plant in Singapore

September 29, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Asia, Singapore

AbbVie’s new Singapore based manufacturing plant is expected to be fully operational by late 2018. The plant is expected to …
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Johnson & Johnson failed to inform FDA over faulty blood testing device in Phase III trial

September 29, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Xarelto, phase III, warfarin

The British Medical Journal, after its own investigation, found that Janssen knew early into the Phase III trial, known as …
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Novo Nordisk to cut 2% of its entire workforce

September 29, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Denmark, Novo Nordisk, diabetes, insulin, job cuts, job losses

Novo Nordisk, headquartered in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, has taken the decision to lose 1,000 of its workforce from a total global …
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NICE approves Bayer’s Eylea for NHS use

September 28, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Eylea, NICE

Bayer has announced that its Eylea (aflibercept) drug has received a final recommendation from NICE for the treatment of visual …
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GW Pharma releases positive data on cannabidiol-based Phase III trial

September 28, 2016 Research and Development Epidiolex, GW Pharmaceuticals, Marijuana, Medical marijuana, cannabis

GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex is designed to treat seizures in a rare form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gaustaut Syndrome. GW pharmaceuticals published …
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Malaysian pharmaceutical market set to grow to $3.6 billion by 2020

September 28, 2016 Research and Development

The report, by GlobalData, states that the primary reasons behind this growth are linked to medical tourism, a lack of …
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AbbVie and Eisai celebrate approval of new Humira indication

September 28, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Eisai, Humira

AbbVie and Eisai have announced the Japanese approval of a new indication for the former’s anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody formulation Humira …
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Zuckerberg appoints AstraZeneca’s Cornelia Bargmann

September 28, 2016 Research and Development AstraZeneca, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan

Zuckerberg and Chan have committed $3 billion of their own money to setting up the health initiative that has an …
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80% of Chinese clinical trials’ data fabricated

September 28, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development China, Fabrication, corruption, report

The government review of clinical trial practise involved 1,622 programs of new pharmaceutical drugs waiting upon government approval to begin …
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Provisional NICE recommendation for Gilead’s Hepatitis C treatment

September 28, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Epclusa, NICE, hepatitis C

NICE has issued provisional guidance recommending the use of Gilead Sciences’ Epclusa (sofosbuvir 400 mg/velpatasvir 100 mg) for the treatment …

Merck elects Isabel De Paoli as CSO

September 27, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CSO, Merck, appointment

German pharma firm Merck has appointed Isabel De Paoli to the position of chief science officer in addition to her …
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Amgen’s Kyprolis disappoints in Phase III trial

September 27, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Amgen, Kyprolis, phase III

Amgen was relying on the results of the trial to justify its $10.4 billion purchase of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, acquiring Kyprolis …
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Kite Pharma flying high after promising Car-T trial

September 27, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, Cart-T, kite pharma

Cart-T cell drugs are made by genetically altering patients’ T-cells to add a component of antibodies that make them better …

Sanofi secures $43 million government funding for zika vaccine development

September 27, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development BARDA, Sanofi, Zika

The US Department of Health and Human Services approved $43.18 million to fund Sanofi’s development of a zika vaccine, the …
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