Pharmafile Logo
Pharmafocus logo
Advanced Search

biotech

Showing 15 posts of 861 posts found.

4867472163_422821ed85_z

The common cold cured?

August 3, 2017
Research and Development biotech, cold, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, rhinovirus

Researchers from Edinburgh Napier University have discovered a crucial step in bringing forward a cure for the common cold. The …

News
gene_editing

Gene editing carried out, distances ‘designer baby’ possibility

August 3, 2017
Research and Development biotech, crispr, drugs, gene editing, pharma, pharmaceutical

The news broke last week that scientists in the US had carried out the first gene editing testing in the …

News
astrazeneca_logo_building

AstraZeneca’s Priority Review good news provides reprieve

August 2, 2017
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

If there was a company that needed a series of good news stories this week, it was AstraZeneca. The blow …

News

Bicycle Therapeutics reveals new CFO

August 2, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bicycle Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Bicycle Theapeutics, a biotech that is developing its bicyclic peptide product platform, has announced the appointed of Lee Kalowski as …

Appointment
celgene_1_02

FDA approves Celgene and Agios’ acute myeloid leukaemia drug

August 2, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, FDA, Idhifa, acute myeloid leukaemia, agios, biotech, drugs, life sciences, medicines, pharma, pharmaceuticals

The FDA has given its approval for the commercialisation of Celgene and Agios Pharmaceutical’s Idhifa for the treatment of relapsed …

News

Record number of drug-related deaths, as opioid crisis hits UK

August 2, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drug deaths, drugs, fentanyl, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

Numbers released by the Office for National Statistics (ONC) has revealed that drug misuse deaths were at a record high, …

News
daiichi_sankyo_1_0

Daiichi settles undisclosed drug side-effects case for $300 million

August 2, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Benicar, Daiichi Sankyo, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Daiichi Sankyo has settled a case alleging that it did not fully disclose adverse side-effects of its drug, Benicar, with …

News

Pfizer’s major drug doubles sales but overall revenue falls

August 1, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bavencio, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, viagra

Pfizer revealed in its briefing on its second quarter financials that Ibrance, its breast cancer treatment, had grown in sales …

News
anabella_villalobos

Biogen steal away Pfizer VP to boost R&D plans

August 1, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pfizer has had a tough time keeping hold of its Vice President’s involved in R&D of late, losing high-profile researcher, …

Appointment
astrazeneca_building_white

AstraZeneca scores second accelerated FDA review in 2 days for blood cancer drug

August 1, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, FDA, acalabrutinib, biotech, drugs, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical

It’s been a rollercoaster week for AstraZeneca.

News
boehringer_groundbreaking

Boehringer Ingelheim break ground on $217 million Fremont facility

August 1, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Boehringer Ingelheim, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Boehringer Ingelheim announced that it had broken ground on its planned $217 million upgrade and expansion of its existing Fermont …

News
shutterstock_212432119

UK babies to be routinely immunised against hepatitis B

August 1, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production biotech, drugs, hapatitis, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical

As of today, all babies born in the UK will be administered with the vaccine for hepatitis B, with the …

News
torbay_pharma

Torbay Pharmaceuticals unveils new manufacturing facility

August 1, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Torbay pharmaceuticals, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Torbay Pharmaceuticals conducted a grand unveiling to open its £26 million pharmaceuticals manufacturing unit – the largest NHS manufacturer of …

News
arrow-15630_960_720

Pharma companies’ reputations nosediving in the UK, finds report

July 31, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development biotech, drugs, pharma, pharma rep, pharmaceutical, reputation

The reputation of large pharma companies in the UK was revealed to be well below the global average, in PatientView’s …

News
digital_tech

Learning to trust the patient’s voice

July 31, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, healthcare, patient centricity, patients, pharma, pharmaceutical

Through digital media and technology, the patient’s voice is only growing in strength and it is of growing importance that …

Feature
The Gateway to Local Adoption Series

Latest content

STADA and Bio-Thera’s Gotenfia receives positive CHMP opinion for autoimmune diseases

December 18, 2025

Norgine enters exclusive licensing agreement with Vir Biotechnology

December 18, 2025

Incyclix appoints Kimberly Blackwell to Board of Directors

December 17, 2025

Hansa Biopharma appoints Max Sakajja as Vice President, General Manager Europe and International

December 17, 2025

GSK’s Exdensur receives MHRA approval for asthma and rhinosinusitis

December 16, 2025