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GSK completes further high-profile staff acquisition

July 17, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pfizer Senior Vice President of Medicinal Sciences, Tony Wood, has agreed to join GSK, as broken by FierceBiotech. The appointment …

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Research may unlock statins cancer-fighting ability

July 17, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Keele University, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, statins

Many previous studies have shown that statins are able to have an impact on cancer cells but the results have …

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What pharma should know about the European Unitary Patent in light of Brexit

July 17, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EU, UK, biotech, brexit, drugs, healthcare, pharma, pharmaceutical

The departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, dubbed “Brexit,” has sparked significant economic global uncertainty. Two Brexit-related …

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Pierre Fabre secures Italian distribution rights for Noventure’s Aprotecol

July 17, 2017
Sales and Marketing Aprotecol, Noventure, Pierre Fabre, biotech, colic, drugs, healthcare, pharma, pharmacuetical

Noventure has allied with Pierre Fabre Pharma Italy in a partnership which will see the latter distribute the Spanish start-up’s …

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20 million mosquitoes to be released to limit population

July 17, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Verily, biotech, drugs, google, pharma, pharmaceutical

Releasing 20 million mosquitoes does not sound like the right way to go about reducing the overall population; however, the …

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FDA refuses approval of Amgen osteoporosis drug

July 17, 2017
Sales and Marketing Amgen, Evenity, Radial, UCB, biotech, drugs, osteoporosis, pharma, pharmaceutical

Amgen and its development partner UCB have announced that the FDA has issued a complete response letter for the biologics …

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AstraZeneca’s Soriot Teva switch scotched

July 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Soriot, Teva, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The rumours, beginning with a report by Israeli newspaper Calcalist, had suggested that Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, appeared to …

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UK government announces £86 million funding as tentative AAR step

July 14, 2017
Medical Communications NHS, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The UK government has revealed that it will apportion £86 million to help the assessment of new technologies and increase …

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Not long after leaving GSK, Andrew Witty dips toes back into water

July 14, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew Witty, G1 Therapeutics, GSK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Only a short while after leaving his position as CEO of GSK, it seems Andrew Witty cannot resist getting back …

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What Brexit means for drug regulation

July 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing biotech, brexit, drugs, healthcare, pharma, pharmaceuticals, regulation

The pharmaceutical sector is one of the most tightly regulated industries, and most of the rules that govern the daily …

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Independent panel advise FDA to apply different framework to opioid painkillers

July 14, 2017
Medical Communications FDA, biotech, drugs, opioid, opioid epidemic, pharma, pharmaceutical

Over a year ago, the Obama administration asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to advise them on …

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FDA unanimously recommends Mylan and Biocon’s Herceptin biosimilar

July 14, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Biocon, Herceptin, Mylan, biosimilar, biotech, drugs, healthcare, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Mylan and Biocon have revealed that their biosimilar version of Roche and Genentech’s Herceptin (trastuzumab) has received unanimous recommendation from …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

July 14, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical, top ten

As the week comes to a close, we bring you the stories that were most read by our readers – …

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J&J uses FDA Priority Review Voucher to snag psoriasis approval

July 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Tremfya, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA has handed out another approval, as the agency now easily surpasses last year’s figure of 22 already, this …

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Heart scan offers possibility of non-invasive diagnosis

July 13, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, cardiovascular, drugs, heart, heart scan, pharma, pharmaceutical

Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed a heart scan that can identify inflammation around arteries that can suggest …

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