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Doctors who miss cancer to be named and shamed

July 1, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, GPs, Hunt, NHS, UK, doctors, oncology

In a new government initiative doctors who consistently fail to diagnose signs of cancer could be publically named on an …

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Value tops the agenda at ASCO cancer conference

June 30, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, chicago, mccafferty, oncology

The annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting has long been one of the most important events on the …

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NICE U-turn on cancer drug despite price increase

June 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Glivec, NHS, Novartis, gists

UK pricing watchdog NICE has performed a U-turn on Glivec (imatinib) by issuing new draft guidance recommending the drug, despite …

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FDA rejects olaparib

June 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, FDA, PARP, adp, olaparib

AstraZeneca has been dealt a blow by a key advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration, which has …

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New BMS cancer treatment shines

June 25, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, BMS, Cancer, Yervoy, braf, melanoma, nivolumab

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s investigational cancer treatment nivolumab has helped patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer to live longer. The …

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AstraZeneca faces olaparib questions

June 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, FDA, olaparib, ovarian

AstraZeneca is facing questions from US regulators over the efficacy of one of its most promising late-stage treatments. Olaparib is …

Genome-driven lung cancer trial launches

June 18, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Genentech, MedImmune, Pfizer, genome, lung cancer

Amgen, Genentech, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and MedImmune – AstraZeneca’s global biologics R&D arm – have each put investigative treatments into a …

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NICE recommends Yervoy

June 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, Dillon, NHS, NICE, Yervoy, melanoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb has received a lift from the UK’s drugs watchdog, which has recommended its vaccine Yervoy as a first-line …

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Dendreon chief resigns from struggling firm

June 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dendreon, John Johnson, Provenge, Vaccine, Watson, prostate

Chief executive of Dendreon John Johnson is to step down in the summer amid falling sales of the company’s key …

Merck drug shines at ASCO

June 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, FDA, MK-3475, Merck, melanoma

Merck has shown off one of its investigative cancer drug’s impressive results in advanced head and neck cancer at ASCO …

GSK signs Adaptimmune deal

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Adaptimmune, BMS, Cancer, GSK, oncology

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop and commercialise biotech firm Adaptimmune’s lead clinical cancer programme with T-cell receptors (TCRs), …

ASCO 2014: old dogs, new tricks top the bill

June 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, chicago, docetaxel, exemestane

 Research showing the effectiveness of established cancer treatments in new settings is taking centre stage at this year’s American Society …

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BMS signs cancer deal

May 28, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, AstraZeneca, BMS, Cancer, Merck, Roche, cytomx, oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb has partnered with CytomX Therapeutics to discover and develop new immuno-oncology candidates using the latter’s Probody Platform technology. …

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We can’t go on like this: patients must come first

May 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, bowel, denegri, flannagan, patients

When French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced the appointment of Dr Anne Beal as chief patient officer in late March, the …

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Novartis agrees Gleevec patent deal

May 19, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Gleevec, India, Novartis, Sun Pharma, patent

Novartis has settled patent litigation with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in the US, paving the way for the Indian company’s subsidiary …

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