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Cancer Research UK turns to gamification with app

February 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, Gamification, genes in space

Cancer Research UK has launched a new citizen science game aimed at helping its scientists discover new cures for cancer. …

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Pfizer breast cancer drug shows promise

February 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer, breast, femara, letrozole, palbociclib

Pfizer’s experimental breast cancer drug palbociclib has successfully extended progression-free survival in a Phase II trial.  The pill was administered …

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Cancer Drugs Fund: assessing a difficult legacy

February 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NICE, adams, mccafferty

England’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) is very good at creating division: its lobbyists say that it increases access to new …

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Pfizer lung cancer drug suffers late-stage setback

January 28, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NSCLC, Pfizer, Roche, Tarceva, dacomitinib

An experimental cancer drug developed by Pfizer has failed in two separate Phase III clinical studies. Dacomitinib is a tyrosine …

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Elderly denied cancer treatment on NHS

January 24, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Macmillan, NCIN, NHS, elderly

A UK charity is warning the NHS not to write off older cancer patients as ‘too old’ for treatment. With …

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GSK has Tafinlar ‘breakthrough’

January 15, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, GSK, NSCLC, Tafinlar

GlaxoSmithKline is on a roll, with its cancer drug Tafinlar given breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA in lung cancer …

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UK cancer figures rise

January 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, research uk

More people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, according to figures from Cancer Research UK – as an …

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UK cancer death rate could be halved by 2030

January 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Taylor, UCL, wardle

 British cancer deaths could drop 50% by 2030 if early diagnosis and improved treatment policies are put in place academics …

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Cancer treatment Abraxane gets EU nod

January 9, 2014
Sales and Marketing Abraxane, Cancer, Celgene, EU, pancreatic

Celgene’s cancer drug Abraxane has been approved by European regulators to treat patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, or …

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AstraZeneca strikes cancer vaccine pact

January 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, oncology

AstraZeneca’s biologics arm MedImmune has struck an oncology research deal with UK biotech company Immunocore. The deal, which could be …

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AZ and Horizon in cancer tie-up

January 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, horizon, medimunne

 AstraZeneca has signed a deal with British biotech firm Horizon Discovery to look at a number of genotypes to see …

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US cancer research receives $540 million

January 7, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, US, licr, ludwig

Six facilities in the US have received a total of $540 million from the estate of an American businessman in …

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Cancer patients lose out in NHS overspend

January 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Macmillan, NHS England

Patients in the NHS may not be able to receive new treatments for cancer as it emerges that health chiefs …

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Cancer diagnosis is ‘national disgrace’

December 10, 2013
Sales and Marketing CCGs, Cancer, NHS, appgc

Cancer care is still dangerously dependent on where patients in England live according to an influential group of MPs and …

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Cancer Research: ‘Advert helped early diagnosis’

December 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, be clear, cough, government

A TV campaign urging people with a persistent cough to visit their doctor has led to hundreds of people receiving …

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