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Prothena collapses on double trial failure
April 23, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Prothena Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Shares in Prothena have dropped by close to 70% on the news that two of its trials into its lead …
Biogen boosts pipeline with $1bn Ionis deal
April 23, 2018Sales and Marketing Biogen, Ionis, Spinraza, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Somewhat unusually for an early drug development deal, Biogen has put down a serious amount of cash up-front in its …
UK Ministers call on Vertex to speed up price negotiations
April 23, 2018Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Orkambi, UK government, Vertex, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
After a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons regarding making Orkambi available to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), MPs …
Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week
April 20, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, EMA, GW Pharma, J&J, JJ, MHRA, Mylan, Novartis, Sanofi, Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, epipen, keytruda, pharma, pharmaceutical
It’s the end of another week and there’s really been one story that has dominated the headlines – Takeda’s potential …
FDA advisory committee sets GW Pharma up for approval
April 20, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Epidiolex, GW Pharma, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
After the FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended GW Pharma’s Epidiolex for approval, the chances of it not receiving the nod …
Allergan out but Takeda sticks to guns on Shire
April 20, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Allergan performed an odd about-turn after initially declaring its interest in pursuing a deal for Shire, before reneging on that …
BenevolentAI financing round takes valuation to $2bn+
April 19, 2018Medical Communications BenevolentAI, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
BenevolentAI, a London based drug discovery biotech, has revealed that a $115 million financing round now sees the company valued …
Merck KGaA finds consumer health buyer in P&G for €3.4bn
April 19, 2018Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, P&G, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Merck KGaA has successfully found a buyer for its healthcare unit, after Proctor & Gamble announced that it was prepared …
EMA initiates divorce process from the UK’s MHRA
April 19, 2018Medical Communications EMA, UK government, biotech, brexit, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
The first stage of separation for the EMA from the UK came with the decision to relocate its headquarters to …
EpiPen shortage hits UK and Canada hard, but not US
April 18, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Mylan, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, epipen, pharma, pharmaceutical
Manufacturing issues at the single Pfizer plant that produces the EpiPen epinephrine injector has caused serious shortages in the UK …
Sanofi CFO set to step down this year
April 18, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development Sanofi, biotech, cfo, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
After a busy start to the year, with a number of acquisitions and a few divestments, Sanofi’s Chief Financial Officer, …
All indications point to approval for cannabis-based therapy
April 17, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, GW Pharma, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
GW Pharma are inching step by step towards a likely approval with the FDA, after it received a strong recommendation …
FDA flip-flops on Alkermes’ drug application
April 17, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alkermes, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Two weeks ago, it looked like the hopes for Alkermes’ ALKS 5461 receiving approval would rely on returning to the …
Amazon puts selling pharmaceuticals plan on back-burner
April 17, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing amazon, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, pharmacy
Last year buzz about Amazon entering the pharmaceutical distribution market steadily grew after it obtained pharmacy licenses in a small …
Frequency Therapeutics hires industry vet
April 16, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Frequency Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Frequency Therapeutics is a biotech with big ideas and it has made a big appointment to back up those ideas, …
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