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Chinese investors plan $1 billion US biotech site

August 18, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

China’s state-backed developer Greenland Holdings is set to jointly invested over $1 billion in a San Francisco-based biotech industrial park …
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J&J loses Remicade patent fight, pledges to continue fight against biosimilars

August 18, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Johnson and Johnson, Remicade, biosimilar, biosimilars, infliximab, patent

Johnson and Johnson has announced that it has lost in a patent dispute between biosimilar makers Celltrion and Hospira, relating …
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Pfizer’s Xalkori price drop secures NICE recommendation

August 18, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NICE, Pfizer, Xalkori, crizotinib, lung cancer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) as a treatment for lung cancer, …
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MSD joins Medivation race, says reports

August 18, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, Medivation, Merck, Pfizer, Sanofi, Xtandi, takeover

MSD, known as Merck in the US and Canada, is said to have declared its interest in buying US oncology …
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NICE says Afinitor and Imbruvica “may be removed” from Cancer Drugs Fund

August 18, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Afinitor, Cancer Drugs Fund, Janssen, NICE, Novartis, imbruvica

NICE has published draft guidance advising the removal of Novartis’s Afinitor (everolimus) and Janssen’s Imbruvica (ibrutinib) from the Cancer Drugs …
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Untested cancer drug suspected cause of three deaths at German alternative medicine centre

August 17, 2016 Research and Development 3-Bromopyruvate, Cancer, Germany, alternative medicine, patient deaths

The deaths of three patients at an alternative medicine clinic in Germany have prompted suspicion of a clinically untested cancer …
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GSK, Roche and Novo back $86 million immuno-oncology startup

August 17, 2016 Research and Development CD47, Cancer, GSK, Novo, Roche, Tioma, oncology

Brisbane-based venture-stage biopharmaceutical company Tioma Therapeutics has announced it has raised $86 million in Series A venture financing for its …
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Amgen, Sanofi cholesterol medicines “not cost-effective”, need to drop price by two-thirds

August 17, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, QALY, Regeneron, Repatha, Sanofi, cost effective, cost-effective, praluent

A new study published in JAMA has suggested that Amgen, Sanofi and Regeneron would have to reduce their prices for …
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ViiV Healthcare launches Phase III trial for combo HIV treatment

August 16, 2016 Research and Development Dolutegravir, HIV, Tivicay, ViiV Healthcare, epivir, lamivudine, phase III

The Pfizer/GSK spin off ViiV Healthcare has announced the beginning of a Phase III evaluating Tivicay (dolutegravir) and Epivir (lamivudine) …
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MSD to cut 148 jobs at Pennsylvania plant

August 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development MSD, job cuts, zontivity

MSD is due to cut 148 jobs at its North Wales, Pennsylvania campus effective September 12, according to the company’s …
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Ashfield launches Global Impact On Society Initiative

August 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Ashfield, part of UDG Healthcare plc (LON: UDG), a global leader in providing outsourced healthcare services to pharmaceutical, device and …
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13 deaths in Aurinia’s lupus drug trial despite hitting Phase II target

August 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Aurinia, Phase II, biotech, patient deaths, voclosporin

Canadian biotech Aurinia Pharmaceuticals has announced the topline Phase IIb trial results of its lupus nephritis (LN) treatment voclosporin, which …
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Vertex stumbles in Phase III cystic fibrosis trials

August 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Vertex, cystic fibrosis, phase III

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has provided an update on its ongoing Phase III trials investigating VX-661 in combination with Kalydeco (ivacaftor) in …
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US court rules in favour of UCB in patent dispute, shares jump

August 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UCB, lacosamide, patent, vimpat

UCB has received a major boost after a Delaware district court confirmed the validity of the company’s patents on one …
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FDA finds drug class at centre of French trial tragedy do not pose similar safety risks

August 15, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Bial, Biotrial, FDA, faah, rennes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement following the results of their investigation into the recent …
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