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‘Last-resort’ antibiotic-resistant bacteria found along 4km of Chinese coastline

February 2, 2017 Medical Communications, Research and Development

Recent research has been published that reveals that a four kilometre stretch of coastline in China harboured bacteria resistant to …
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Two-decade-long prostate cancer study finds antiandrogen improves survival

February 2, 2017 Research and Development antiandrogen, oncology, prostate cancer

Research conducted over the course of two decades has found a positive correlation between overall survival in prostate cancer patients …
News
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Genentech oncology head leaves for Bellicum CEO role

February 1, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bellicum, Genentech, Roche, tecentriq

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals has snatched up Genentech’s Rick Fair as its new CEO and President. Fair moves to Bellicum from Genentech …
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Sanofi & Regeneron’s arthritis drug scores first approval following FDA rejection

February 1, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actemra, Humira, Kevzara, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi, sarilumab

Kevzara (sarilumab), a interleukin-6 (IL06) receptor antibody developed by Sanofi and Regeneron and the first real competitor to Roche’s Actemra …
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Potential treatment for opioid withdrawal discovered

February 1, 2017 Medical Communications, Research and Development University of Calgary, gout, opioid

Researchers from the University of Calgary have found that medication used to treat gout could also lessen the side-effects experienced …
News
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Italian firm warned by FDA over record-shredding and drug quality misrepresentation

February 1, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FACTA Farmaceutici, FDA

Italian drug manufacturer FACTA Farmaceutici has been issued a warning letter by the FDA after being found shredding “critical laboratory …
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African Heads of State commit to universal access to immunisation

February 1, 2017 Medical Communications, Research and Development Africa, Vaccine, WHO, immunisation

The Heads of State convened from across Africa to ratify the Addis Declaration on Immunization (ADI). The pledge commits to …
News
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Trump meets with top pharma execs, reiterates pledge to lower “astronomical” prices

January 31, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Eli Lilly, Novartis, PhRMA, Trump

President Trump convened with a number of top pharma execs at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the key …
News
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Antitrust investigation into Mylan begins over EpiPen

January 31, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Mylan, pricing

The Federal Trade Commission has submitted a request to Mylan for information as part of a preliminary investigation into whether …
News
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First-line malaria treatment fails for the first time in UK

January 31, 2017 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development UK, malaria

The key combination malaria therapy artemether-lumefantrine has failed to treat UK patients for the first time, suggesting that the parasite …
News
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Sanofi announces new VP of External Affairs

January 30, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi

Kathleen Tregoning has been announced as Sanofi’s vice president of External Affairs and as a new member of the Executive …
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Major pharma firms join Liverpool Uni in £14m pharmacovigilance project

January 30, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, GSK, University of Liverpool, pharmacovigilance

The UK’s University of Liverpool is to launch a £14 million pharmacovigilance project focused on using new modelling approaches to …
News
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Astellas and Ironwood release positive Phase 3 results for constipation drug

January 30, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Ironwood, constipation

Astellas Pharma, a Tokyo-based pharmaceutical, and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have announced positive results from a Phase 3 …
News
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Novo Nordisk launches £115 million investment in UK despite Brexit

January 30, 2017 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, University of Oxford, brexit

Novo Nordisk has given the UK a boost by confirming that it plans to go ahead with a £115 million …
News

Juno Therapeutics bring in new executive vice president

January 27, 2017 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, juno therapeutics

Juno Therapeutics has hired Corsee D. Sanders as its executive vice president and head of development operations. She will step …
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