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Purdue pulls plug on opioid marketing

February 13, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Purdue Pharma, biotech, drugs, opioid, opioid epidemic, pharma, pharmaceutical

Purdue Pharma was fined $643.5 million in 2007 for its part in creating the opioid epidemic that has plagued the …

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New flu med can destroy influenza virus in one day

February 13, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Roche, Shionongi, Tamiflu, biotech, drugs, flu, influenza, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers in Japan have achieved a notable success in a Phase 3 clinical trial to determine whether a new vaccine …

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Taking a look behind the scenes of Serialisation

February 12, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Serialization, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, serialisation

The reaction from the pharmaceutical industry has been mixed since the announcement of serialisation requirements. Ben Hargreaves discovers the challenges …

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Sanofi in $155m influenza vaccine deal

February 12, 2018
Sales and Marketing SK Chemicals, Sanofi, Sanofi Pasteur, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sanofi has revealed that it has agreed a deal with SK Chemicals, a South Korean vaccine manufacturer, to license its …

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Trump’s drug pricing reforms lack bite

February 12, 2018
Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, President trump, Trump, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

President Trump’s rhetoric leading up to his election had the pharmaceutical industry very worried – his often quoted line about …

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MannKind entices Lilly VP to CMO role

February 9, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Mannkind, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

MannKind, the California-based biotech, announced that David Kendall would be joining its team as Chief Medical Officer and would be …

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SFO bribery investigation into GSK opens old wounds

February 9, 2018
Medical Communications GSK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A small titbit of information was buried within GSK’s financials this week, which threatens to bring up old news that …

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Fujifilm partners with Takeda, stepping into regenerative medicine

February 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development Fujifilm, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Fujifilm has been steadily building up its regenerative medicines, with several acquisitions of companies that hold expertise in the area …

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Migraine drug bad news hits a weakened Teva

February 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CGRP, Teva, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The cacophony of bad news that Teva has received in 2017 really needs no retelling, anyone following the story of …

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Dr Reddy’s hit by yet another recall, of 80,000+ bottles

February 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Dr Reddy's, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories problem with ensuring products reach the market at a quality the FDA deems acceptable is no secret …

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Novartis tastes own medicine, Advair generic delayed

February 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing FDA, Novartis, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis had not been frontrunner to receive approval for its generic version of GSK’s Advair – lagging behind Mylan’s generic …

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Theravance seals potential $1bn deal with J&J

February 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Johnson & Johnson, Theravance Biopharma, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The JAK inhibitor field is beginning to heat up – AbbVie is soon to enter Phase 3 with its predicted …

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CEO gets the axe: Arcturus relieve Payne of position

February 7, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arcturus, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Early in February, Arcturus Therapeutics revealed that it had let its CEO, Joseph Payne, go and had replaced him as …

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Array’s melanoma therapy blasts Roche’s out of water

February 7, 2018
Research and Development Array Biopharma, Pierre Fabre, Roche, biotech, drugs, melanoma, pharma, pharmaceutical

Array Biopharma suffered a serious knock back in early 2017 when its plan to commercialise its drug, binimetinib, were derailed …

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NHS tells doctors to order stronger vaccine for next winter

February 7, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, biotech, drugs, flu season, pharma, pharmaceutical

England is not alone in being particularly hard hit this flu season, with Australia suffering its worst flu season in …

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