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Scientists discover ‘Achilles’ heel’ of oesophageal cancer

August 23, 2017
Research and Development ICR, Janssen, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research have potentially found a new use for Imbruvica, after discovering a weakness in …

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Ultragenyx stumbles in P3 trial for severe muscle disease

August 23, 2017
Research and Development Ultragenyx, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Ultragenyx has revealed results from a Phase 3 trial into the treatment of GNE myopathy showed that its compound did …

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Hikma risks a stratospheric 430% price increase on product

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Hikma, biotech, drugs, generics, pharma, pharmaceutical

It wasn’t so long ago that pharmaceutical companies could change the prices of its products with little scrutiny. A series …

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Outcry after private hospitals receive tax breaks instead of NHS

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It has been revealed that private hospitals being run across England and Wales will receive £52 million in tax breaks …

News

Taking science and making people feel connected to it

August 21, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, rare diseases

Owen Marks, Country Head for the Rare Disease Unit at Pfizer UK, discusses his career so far and what drives …

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Antibacterial power of mother’s milk revealed

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have discovered a previously unknown ability of a compound in mother’s milk to protect new-borns from …

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Samsung Bioepis collaborates to make inroads into original drugs

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Samsung Bioepis, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Thus far, Samsung Bioepis has made its name by being a thorn in the side of the producers of original …

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Novartis begins ‘next-generation’ malaria treatment trial

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MMV, Novartis, biotech, drugs, malaria, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis, alongside Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), have revealed that trials into a new antimalarial compound have begun in a …

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The pendulum swing of generic drug prices

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications biotech, drugs, generics, pharma, pharmaceutical

The prices of generic drugs have been driven lower as companies compete to undercut one another. This has led to …

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AZ and MSD secure three bits of good news on key drug

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MSD, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It was a case of three-in-one bits of good news for AstraZeneca and MSD, after the FDA boosted the newly …

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Longest-serving chief exec in NHS sacked for ‘gross misconduct’

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications NHS, Newcastle, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital’s Chief Executive, Leonard Fenwick, has been sacked from his position after a disciplinary panel adjudged he …

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Independent research may change the immunotherapy game

August 17, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, biotech, drugs, immunotherapy, pharma, pharmaceutical

Immunotherapy treatments that focus on the PD-L1 protein have become some of the most exciting to emerge in cancer treatment. …

News

Alexion moves to bolster patent protection of Soliris

August 17, 2017
Sales and Marketing Alexion, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, soliris

Soliris brought in net sales of $2.8 billion last year for Alexion, meaning it accounted for close to 90% of …

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Cancer Research UK and NU agree three-year research Astex Pharma deal

August 17, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astex pharmaceuticals, Cancer Research UK, Newcastle University, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Cancer Research UK and Newcastle University have announced that their existing research collaboration with Astex Pharmaceuticals will be extended for …

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Massive increase in UK care home places needed by 2025, report finds

August 16, 2017
Research and Development UK, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, social care

A study emerging from Newcastle University has pointed towards a potential crisis in care home places by 2025, as a …

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