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Media reports over Parkinson’s drug risk hit Acadia hard

April 10, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Acadia Pharmaceutical, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Shortly after the Institute for Safe Medication Practices released a report revealing the number of deaths of patients in those …

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Immunomedics’ whirlwind in the C-suite continues

April 10, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Immunomedics, Seattle Genetics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Immunomedics hasn’t had the most straight forward year, its $2 billion deal with Seattle Genetics was scuppered by activist investors, …

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Facebook takes action against drug peddlers on Instagram

April 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, biotech, drugs, fentanyl, instagram, opioid, opioid epidemic, pharma, pharmaceutical

Facebook can’t catch a break at the moment, after being widely criticised for its practices over the security of users’ …

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Tecentriq third time lucky after NICE nod in lung cancer

April 9, 2018
Sales and Marketing NICE, Roche, biotech, drugs, lung cancer, pharma, pharmaceutical, tecentriq

After having been knocked by twice by NICE, Roche has finally received a recommendation for Tecentriq’s second-line use in non-small …

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Novartis CEO makes mark with $8.7bn AveXis acquisition

April 9, 2018
Sales and Marketing AveXis, Novartis, biotech, drugs, gene therapy, pharma, pharmaceutical

Vas Narasimhan’s first few moves as CEO of Novartis indicate that he is not afraid to take bold risks in …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

April 6, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Boehringer Ingelheim, Kite, Nordic Nanovector, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, biotech, cystic fibrosis, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Some of the biggest news this week concerns companies that are looking to move on parts of their business, but …

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Roche suffers Ocrevus knockback by NICE

April 6, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Ocrevus, Roche, biotech, drugs, multiple sclerosis, pharma, pharmaceutical

Roche’s multiple sclerosis drug, Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), has been a big new growth driver for the company, especially in the US, …

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Takeda move for Shire looks increasingly likely

April 6, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Japan, Shire, Takeda, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Takeda’s surprise announcement, just last week, that it was weighing up a move for Shire had some analysts sceptical about …

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Transforming cystic fibrosis treatment

April 5, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Vertex, biotech, cystic fibrosis, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Fred van Goor, Principle Research Fellow at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, discusses his history of work in cystic fibrosis and how the …

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Roche snaps up Inception neuroscience program

April 5, 2018
Sales and Marketing Pipeline Therapeutics, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Back in 2014, Roche entered into strategic collaboration with Inception Sciences to look into the regenerative medicines space for multiple …

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Obesity admissions double in four years

April 5, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

New figures show that hospital admissions related to obesity have doubled over the last four years in the UK, placing …

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Lilly and Sigilon team up in $473m+ deal to ‘cure’ diabetes

April 5, 2018
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Sigilon Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Eli Lilly and Sigilon Therapeutics have announced a partnership that looks to break new ground in the management of type …

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Proton beam therapy finally arrives in UK

April 4, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, Proton beam therapy, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

28 years after the US first pioneered proton beam therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center, the UK now has …

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Pfizer running out of options for consumer business

April 4, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing P&G, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A surprise new name was thrown into the ring to take on Pfizer’s healthcare unit but speculation suggests that valuation …

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Ex-Kite execs form a CAR T rival

April 4, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allogene, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After working to bring through Kite Pharma from the pre-clinical development stage to its final $12 billion acquisition by Gilead, …

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