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BMS hit by clinical trial hold from FDA

September 7, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, biotech, drugs, immunotherapy, opdivo, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA has placed a partial hold on clinical trials involving Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy treatment, Opdivo, when used in combination …

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MSD plays catch up with €464m deal for fledgling biotech

September 7, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD, biotech, drugs, keytruda, pharma, pharmaceutical

MSD has announced that it will acquire Rigontec, a three-year old German biotech, in a deal worth an initial €115 …

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Takeda’s Ninlaro knocked back by NICE for second time

September 5, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ninlaro, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

NICE has revealed that the outcome of its consultation process for Ninlaro (ixazomib), Takeda’s treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple …

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Pfizer’s drug back on the market after proving safety

September 5, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Mylotarg, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Back in 2000, Pfizer had a drug that was granted accelerated approval for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) …

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Merck KGaA to streamline business with $1bn healthcare sale

September 5, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GSK, Merck KGaA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Merck KGaA has revealed that it is looking to sell its consumer healthcare business, in order to refocus the business …

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Patently problematic? The impact of the Eli Lilly/Actavis intellectual property battle

September 4, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Eli Lilly, biotech, drugs, pemetrexed, pharma, pharmaceutical

The UK Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through the intellectual property world with its recent decision on Eli Lilly v …

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NHS needs emergency £350 million to survive winter

September 4, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

NHS Providers has stated that £350 million needs to be injected into the NHS to avoid the ‘humanitarian crisis’ that …

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Sanofi backs out of controversial Zika vaccine project

September 4, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, US, Vaccine, Zika, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sanofi’s development of a Zika vaccine, alongside the US’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), has hit the headlines …

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R&D tax credits: A novel approach to supply chain funding

September 1, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, tax credits

Jenny Tragner, director at R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown and member of HMRC’s R&D Consultative Committee, says R&D tax credits …

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NHS pumps £100m into GP recruitment as numbers plummet

September 1, 2017
Medical Communications GP, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The NHS has been forced to offer £100 million to recruitment agencies in order to plug growing gaps in the …

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FDA approves treatment to counter CAR-T side-effects

August 31, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

On the day that FDA announced the first CAR-T therapy would be given market authorisation, it also announced that a …

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Lilly gets second shot at application for ‘blockbuster’ arthritis drug

August 31, 2017
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, arthritis, baricitinib, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Earlier this year, Eli Lilly was on the receiving end of one of the most surprising setbacks in recent times …

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CAR-T treatment is given ‘historic’ first approval by FDA

August 31, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CAR-T, Kymriah, Novartis, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis has received approval for its CAR-T treatment of paediatric and young adults with a form of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia …

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Abbott issues patch for vulnerable heart devices

August 31, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Abbot, St. Jude, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A year on from the revelation that digital pacemakers were vulnerable to hackers, Abbott and the FDA has announced that …

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EVP of Diabetes decamps from Sanofi to become Almirall CEO

August 30, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, Sanofi, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sanofi’s Executive Vice President of Diabetes & Cardiocascular, Peter Guenter, has opted to end his 22-year-long stay at the company …

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