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AZ’s triple therapy inhaler hits 8 out of 9 endpoints

January 26, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development AstraZeneca, COPD, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

AstraZeneca has made a brief announcement that its triple therapy inhaler manage to successfully hit eight of nine primary endpoints …

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AstraZeneca scores double approvals in Japan for asthma and ovarian cancer

January 19, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Fasenra, Japan, asthma, lynparza, ovarian cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca has unveiled a double dose of approvals awarded to its medicines in Japan: Fasenra (benralizumab) has been given authorisation …

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AstraZeneca expands drug discovery collaboration with X-Chem

January 18, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, X-Chem, pharma

AstraZeneca and X-Chem are to expand their existing drug discovery collaboration, it has emerged. The partnership marks the third agreement …

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AZ and MSD’s Lynparza becomes first PARP inhibitor approved in US for metastatic breast cancer

January 15, 2018
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, FDA, MSD, breast cancer, lynparza, pharma

The FDA has announced that it has awarded marketing authorisation in the US to Lynparza (olaparib), a poly ADP-ribose polymerase …

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AZ’s Fasenra approved in Europe as an add-on for severe eosinophilic asthma

January 11, 2018
Research and Development AstraZeneca, European Commission, Fasenra, MedImmune, asthma, pharma

AstraZeneca and its biologics R&D unit MedImmune have announced that their drug Fasenra (benralizumab) has received approval from the European …

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Pharmafile.com’s top ten stories of 2017

December 22, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, Actelion, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Cyber attack, EMA, European Commission, Humira, J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, MSD, Sanofi, Shire, Teva, biosimilar, brexit

After a packed year that has flown by, we’ve reached the final top ten of 2017. Below you can find …

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New PARP inhibitor hits UK market, offering distinct advantage

December 18, 2017
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Novartis, Tesaro, Zejula, biotech, drugs, lynparza, pharma, pharmaceutical

Tesaro’s Zejula has been launched in the UK but availability on the NHS has still not been decided. The PARP …

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AstraZeneca continues pivot to east with Chinese collaboration

November 27, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It’s been a rocky year for AstraZeneca, it has scored some major successes yet its year has been marred by …

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AZ partners with Combinations Alliance to test drug in cancer

November 24, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development AstraZeneca, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A clinical trial is to be launched to test AstraZeneca’s experimental drug, AZD1775, for the treatment of head and neck …

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AstraZeneca’s Fasenra scores US approval in severe asthma

November 15, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Fasenra, MedImmune, asthma

AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the company’s biologics research and development division, have revealed the decision by the FDA to approve Fasenra …

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AstraZeneca asthma therapy tralokinumab flops at Phase 3

November 1, 2017
Research and Development AstraZeneca, MedImmune, asthma, pharma

AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the company’s global biologics research and development arm, have announced new Phase 3 data revealing that tralokinumab …

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AstraZeneca licenses genetic disease drug to Mereo Biopharma for $5 million, becomes shareholder

October 30, 2017
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Mereo BioPharma, pharma

AstraZeneca has agreed to license AZD9668, its experimental drug for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, to Mereo Biopharma for …

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AZ tops annual R&D spend in UK, Roche is greatest pharma spender worldwide

October 24, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, R&D, Roche, pwC

New findings of a report by PwC have revealed the biggest spenders in R&D worldwide as global spending hits $700 …

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ADC Therapeutics brings in $200 million of financing

October 24, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ADC Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

ADC Therapeutics has won some serious financial support after its latest financing round managed to net the company $200 million. …

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AstraZeneca lung cancer drug proves able to shrink EGFR mutation-positive tumours

October 17, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Chi-Med, lung cancer, pharma, savolitinib

AstraZeneca and its partner Hutchison China MedTech, also known as Chi-Med, have announced positive data for savolitinib in combination with …

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