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Report finds variation in quality of care in GP practices across England

September 21, 2017
Medical Communications : Pharma, England, GP, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Depending on your interpretation of results from the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) recent report on the standard of care provided …

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Bayer pulls plug on sterilisation device after numerous complaints

September 21, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bayer, Essure, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Bayer has stopped the commercial sale of a sterilisation device in all countries, except the US, after reports that it …

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Gates Foundation invest in Immunocore, warning of infectious disease threat

September 20, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, biotech, drugs, infectious diseases, pharma, pharmaceutical

It has been announced that the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation will invest up to $40 million in UK-based Immunocore …

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BMS’ Opdivo to finally be made available to lung cancer patients in the UK

September 20, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, NICE, biotech, drugs, opdivo, pharma, pharmaceutical

It is two and a half years since patients with lung cancer in the US were able to receive Bristol-Myers …

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GSK gets FDA approval for key triple therapy inhaler

September 20, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Trelegy Ellipta, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The good news keeps on rolling in for GSK, with the FDA approval for its triple therapy inhaler.

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FDA locks down combo immunotherapy trials, Roche added to hold

September 19, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Roche, biotech, drugs, immunotherapy, pharma, pharmaceutical, tecentriq

The FDA has moved to ensure that all immunotherapy trials studying PD-1/L1 agents, alongside immunomodulatory medicines in certain blood cancers …

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Teva completes sale of women’s health for $1.38 billion

September 19, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Teva, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, women's health

Teva announced last week that it had reached an agreement to sell Paragard, an intrauterine copper contraceptive, to CooperSurgical for …

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Swine flu pandemic linked to increased incidence of diabetes

September 19, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development biotech, diabetes type 1, drugs, influenza, pharma, pharmaceutical, swine flu

The swine flu pandemic that swept the world in 2009 may have had unforeseen consequences in some populations, after researchers …

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Scholar Rock prise Regulatory Affairs director away from Biogen

September 18, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Scholar Rock, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Scholar Rock has announced that it has moved to appoint Heather Faulds as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Faulds joins …

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Standing together: Supercharging the clinical trial in Europe

September 18, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, biotech, clinical trials, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The European Medicines Agency is on the cusp of rolling out one of the most ground-breaking digital platforms for facilitating …

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FDA approves first medical app, for use in addiction

September 18, 2017
Sales and Marketing Pear Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, reset

The FDA has taken a major step in the digitisation of healthcare by handing out the first medical app approval: …

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Bayer lymphoma treatment speeds to FDA approval

September 18, 2017
Sales and Marketing Aliqopa, Bayer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA gave Bayer priority review for its treatment Aliqopa (copanlisib) in May of this year, and it quickly came …

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Santhera ‘surprised’ by European rejection of DMD drug

September 18, 2017
Sales and Marketing Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, santhera

Santhera Pharmaceutical has announced the EMA’s CHMP rejected its treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) but revealed that it planned …

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Pfizer receives prostate cancer drug boost with trial results

September 15, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Astellas, Pfizer, Xtandi, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pfizer, and its partner Astellas Pharma, received a major boost to its plans for prostate cancer treatment, Xtandi, by announcing …

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GSK receives positive opinion for triple-therapy inhaler

September 15, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

GSK, alongside its partner Innoviva, has announced that it has received a positive opinion from the EMA’s CHMP for its …

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