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Nordic Nanovector CEO steps down as company delays R&D timelines

April 5, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Luigi Costa, Nordic Nanovector, pharma

Norwegian biopharmaceutical firm Nordic Nanovector has revealed that its Chief Executive Officer Luigi Costa is set to step down from …
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Transforming cystic fibrosis treatment

April 5, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Vertex, biotech, cystic fibrosis, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Fred van Goor, Principle Research Fellow at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, discusses his history of work in cystic fibrosis and how the …
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NICE rejects Dupixent for atopic dermatitis on cost grounds, Sanofi responds

April 4, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dupixent, NICE, Sanofi, atopic dermatitis, eczema, pharma

UK drug watchdog NCIE has issued draft guidance rejecting the routine use of Sanofi’s Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of …
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Proton beam therapy finally arrives in UK

April 4, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, Proton beam therapy, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

28 years after the US first pioneered proton beam therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center, the UK now has …
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Twin-drug combo effectively shrinks lung cancers by blocking their “escape route”

April 4, 2018 Research and Development Cancer, epidermal growth factor, lung cancer, pharma, tumour necrosis factor

A study conducted by researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center has revealed that a combination of two specific drug …
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Pfizer running out of options for consumer business

April 4, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing P&G, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A surprise new name was thrown into the ring to take on Pfizer’s healthcare unit but speculation suggests that valuation …
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Ex-Kite execs form a CAR T rival

April 4, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allogene, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After working to bring through Kite Pharma from the pre-clinical development stage to its final $12 billion acquisition by Gilead, …
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Patient experience: Living with ovarian cancer

April 3, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Ingrid Copperman, feature, ovarian cancer, patient experience, pharma

Ingrid Copperman recounts the many ways she has dealt with her diagnosis, as well as how the power of social …
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Alkermes sent reeling as FDA refuses review of depression treatment

April 3, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alkermes, FDA, depression, major depressive disorder, pharma

Alkermes shares were knocked down to their lowest level since October 2016 after it was revealed that the FDA had …
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AZ’s MedImmune signs $200m immuno-oncology partnership with Compugen

April 3, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, compugen, immunotherapy, oncology, pharma

AstraZeneca’s biologic R&D unit MedImmune is set to enter a partnership with Israeli drug firm Compugen to develop bi-specific and …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

March 29, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ablynx, Cancer, GSK, Hemlibra, MSD, Roche, Sun Pharma, Takeda, brexit, pharma, tecentriq, top ten

As we approach the Easter weekend, we at Pharmafocus hope all of our readers have a great long weekend, if …
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InSight Innovations to buy CureTech in $550m deal

March 28, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, CureTech, Insight Innovations, Pfizer, Teva, brain cancer, brain tumour, immunotherapy, israel

Israeli drug firm CureTech is be sold for the third time in four years, this time to InSight Innovations in …
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Five deaths linked to Roche’s haemophilia drug Hemlibra

March 28, 2018 Research and Development Genentech, Hemlibra, Roche, haemophilia, pharma

Roche has been rocked by the revelation that there have been five patient deaths linked to the use of its …
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Pfizer seeks tax breaks in return for planned $456m facility

March 28, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Michigan, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, tax break

Pfizer has submitted proposals to officials in Portage, Michigan, for a major expansion of its manufacturing site in the city. …
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May hints at providing long-term funding plan for NHS

March 28, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development Conservatives, NHS, Theresa May, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After the news broke earlier in the week of a group of nearly 100 MPs calling for a parliamentary commission …
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