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Researchers design automatic opioid overdose antidote device

July 25, 2019 Research and Development naloxone, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma, purdue university

Researchers at Purdue University are developing a device that would automatically detect an overdose in opioid users and release a …
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GSK hire Jonathan Symonds as new Chairman

July 24, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Business chief Jonathan Symonds has joined British multinational GlaxoSmithKline as the company’s new non-executive chairman. The hire ends GSK’s six …
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ABPI Chief Executive Mike Thompson to retire by the end of 2019

July 24, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Chief Executive Mike Thompson is to retire from his role at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) by …
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Humira biosimilar from Samsung Bioepis and MSD wins marketing authorisation in the US

July 24, 2019 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Humira, MSD, Samsung Bioepis, biosimilars, pharma

It’s another victory for MSD as the US drugmaker announced that its biosimilar version of AbbVie’s Humira – the world’s …
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Senate puts forward bipartisan bill to lower price of drugs

July 24, 2019 Research and Development PBMs, Senate, USA, access, bipartisan, pharma, pricing

The Senate Finance Committee has introduced a bipartisan bill that aimed at lowering the prices Medicare pays for pharmaceutical drugs. …
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FDA approves Pfizer’s biosimilar version of Genentech’s Rituxan

July 24, 2019 Research and Development FDA, Pfizer, Rituxan, Ruxience, biosimilars, pharma

Pfizer has seen Ruxience, its biosimilar version of Genentech’s Rituxan (rituximab), approved by the FDA in the treatment of non-Hodgkin …
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Researchers use machine learning to re-identify ‘anonymous data’

July 24, 2019 Research and Development Big Data, anonymous data, data, patient data, privacy, research

Anonymised data can be traced back to individuals, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications. Anonymised data can …
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MSD trials long lasting PrEP implant for preventing HIV

July 23, 2019 Research and Development AIDS, HIV, MSD, PrEP, pharma

MSD is trialling an implant that prevents patients from contracting HIV, The Guardian has said. The US firm has tested …
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Disarm Therapeutics hires Dr Alvin Shih as new President and CEO

July 23, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Massachusetts-based biotech Disarm Therapeutics has hired Dr Alvin Shih as their new President and CEO. The Cambridge, Mass.-based firm has …
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Takeda’s subcutaneous formulation of Entyvio smashes primary endpoint in Crohn’s disease

July 23, 2019 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Crohn’s disease, Entyvio, Takeda, crohn's disease, pharma

Takeda has unveiled new Phase 3 data for a subcutaneous formulation of its gut-selective biologic Entyvio (vedolizumab), showing that the …
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Diagnosing the drug supply: Exposing the bad practice of manufacturers in the developing world

July 22, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cipla, Contamination, FDA, India, chin, compliance, manufacturing, pharma, regulation, valsartan

The world needs cheap generic drugs and Indian manufacturers offer a steady supply. However the quality of generics has been …
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Number of UK animal testing procedures falls to lowest level since 2007

July 19, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development Animal testing, UK, drug development, pharma, rresearch

A report from the Home Office of the UK Government has revealed that the prevalence of animal testing in the …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

July 19, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMAL Therapeutics, Alzheimer's Ebola, Amgen, AstraZeneca, EMA, FDA, Novartis, pharma

On 12 July news broke that Novartis, Amgen and Banner’s Alzheimer’s Institute were discontinuing a trial into investigational compound CNP520 …
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Dr John McHutchinson steps down from Gilead with $1.1 million goodbye

July 18, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Gilead has said that Dr John McHutchison is stepping down after nine years at the firm. Gilead’s Chief Scientific Officer …
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Autonomous drone successfully delivers temperature-controlled drugs in test programme

July 17, 2019 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Drones, humanitarian aid, pharma

A humanitarian consortium has successfully completed a testing programme for the delivery of temperature-controlled medicines via the use of unmanned …
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