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Hearing drug failure puts biotech on brink

March 16, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development Auris, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Biotechs with few products in the portfolio are always at a risk should results come back flat, it often leads …
News
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The need for flexible appraisal of rare disease medicines

March 15, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amryt Pharma, feature, pharma, rare disease, rare diseases

Recent data has shown that England is, on average, slower than Germany, France, Spain and Italy in making orphan medicinal …
Feature
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Solid Biosciences rocked by clinical hold, shareholders flee

March 15, 2018 Research and Development Solid Biosciences, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Solid Biosciences raised more than a few eyebrows when it only revealed a partial hold from the FDA stalling its …
News
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Roche appoints new research and early development head

March 15, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, appointment

Dr John C Reed, Roche’s Head of Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), is set to leave the company due …
Appointment
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Takeda’s CFO departs forcing company to act

March 14, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Takeda has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, James Kehoe, has decided to move on from the company to take …
Appointment
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Teva denies wrongdoing in Cephalon pay-to-delay deal hearing

March 14, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cephalon, Pay to delay, Provogil, Teva, pay-to-delay, pharma

Teva has denied allegations from the European Commission (EC) that it engaged in illegal anti-competitive pay-to-delay tactics to maintain its …
News
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Hammond suggests NHS may receive cash boost

March 14, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development Autumn Budget, NHS, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The pressures on the NHS over the winter months exposed serious cracks in the service, with issues regarding underfunding, struggles …
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US “right to try” experimental drug bill defeated in House vote

March 14, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, House of representatives, Right to try, US, pharma

The divisive and much-talked-about “right to try” legislation designed to provide access for terminally ill Americans to experimental and unproven …
News
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World’s first synthetic, non-biologic vaccine developed

March 14, 2018 Research and Development Vaccine, biotech, drugs, influenza, pharma, pharmaceutical

One of the major challenges in delivering vaccinations to all parts of the globe is the need to keep the …
News
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AbbVie secures further strong results for potential blockbuster

March 13, 2018 Research and Development AbbVie, biotech, drugs, elagolix, pharma, pharmaceutical

AbbVie’s elagolix has been slated as a blockbuster-in-the-making by analysts predicting big things for the potential treatment for uterine fibroids …
News
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Adaxis-AZ immunotherapy combo hit by clinical hold after death

March 13, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Adaxis, AstraZeneca, Imfinzi, biotech, drugs, immunotherapy, pharma, pharmaceutical

Adaxis and AstraZeneca announced that they had agreed a combination program for axalimogene filolisbac and Imfinzi, respectively, back in 2014 …
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Anthera pulls the plug on Sollpura after Phase 3 failure, shares plummet 84%

March 13, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Anthera, Eli Lilly, Sollpura, pharma, trial failure

Anthera Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is to terminate development of its investigational pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) Sollpura after …
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Drug safety: EudraVigilance and an evolving system

March 12, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drug safety, pharma, pharmacovigilance

The importance of drug safety is back in the news due to sodium valproate and Ben Hargreaves examines how the …
Feature
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AstraZeneca’s Brilinta proves safety in heart attack patients at Phase 3

March 12, 2018 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brilinta, heart attack

AstraZeneca has revealed new Phase 3 data on its direct-acting P2Y12 receptor antagonist Brilinta (ticagrelor) at the American College of …
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Martin Shkreli sentenced to seven years in jail for securities fraud

March 12, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Martin Shkreli, pharma

Three years after he became “the most hated man in America” overnight for jacking up the price of life-saving HIV-related …
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