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FDA approves treatment to counter CAR-T side-effects

August 31, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

On the day that FDA announced the first CAR-T therapy would be given market authorisation, it also announced that a …

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Lilly gets second shot at application for ‘blockbuster’ arthritis drug

August 31, 2017
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, arthritis, baricitinib, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Earlier this year, Eli Lilly was on the receiving end of one of the most surprising setbacks in recent times …

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CAR-T treatment is given ‘historic’ first approval by FDA

August 31, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CAR-T, Kymriah, Novartis, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis has received approval for its CAR-T treatment of paediatric and young adults with a form of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia …

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J&J offers $134,000 grant to find the best start-up in South Korea

August 31, 2017
Research and Development J&J. pharma, Johnson & Johnson, drugs, life sciences, medicine, pharmaceutical, south korea

Johnson & Johnson is doubling down its efforts to grow its business in East Asia by identifying and recruiting promising …

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Abbott issues patch for vulnerable heart devices

August 31, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Abbot, St. Jude, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A year on from the revelation that digital pacemakers were vulnerable to hackers, Abbott and the FDA has announced that …

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EVP of Diabetes decamps from Sanofi to become Almirall CEO

August 30, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, Sanofi, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sanofi’s Executive Vice President of Diabetes & Cardiocascular, Peter Guenter, has opted to end his 22-year-long stay at the company …

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FDA approves first treatment for the ‘silent killer’

August 30, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chagas disease, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA has announced that it has granted an accelerated approval for the use of benznidazole in children between the ages …

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UK’s post-Brexit strategy looks to life sciences industry

August 30, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development UK, biotech, brexit, drugs, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical

The UK Government had already announced, as part of its industrial plan, that the life sciences were regarded as a …

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AstraZeneca unloads another drug for $400m

August 29, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

AstraZeneca has had to do a serious re-think of its portfolio post-Mystic failure and it has made another move to …

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Thyroid disorders: An illness underestimated

August 29, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Dr Bogumila Urgatz, Medical Director, Department Global Medical Affairs & General Medicine and Endocrinology, Merck KGaA discusses thryoid problems and …

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Novartis’ drug prevents heart attacks and cancer but faces major challenges

August 29, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novartis, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It would be expected that when a company releases data to show that its drug, previously only used in a …

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Gilead captures Kite in $11.9bn deal

August 29, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Gilead, biotech, drugs, kite pharma, pharma, pharmaceutical

Gilead had long been expected to make a serious acquisition to boost flagging growth and it finally made a move …

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Lithium levels in water supply could prevent dementia

August 25, 2017
Research and Development biotech, drugs, lithium, pharma, pharmaceutical

Lithium has long been used in the treatment of people living with bipolar disorder and animal studies have found potential …

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The pharmacovigilance market dynamic

August 25, 2017
Medical Communications biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, pharmacoviglance

Pharmacovigilance is a science of understanding drug safety through identification, assessment, and prevention of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). It is …

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Seven years later, EC gives approval for Merck KGaA’s MS drug

August 25, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mavenclad, Merck KGaA, biotech, drugs, multiple sclerosis, pharma, pharmaceutical

In 2011, Merck KGaA had all but given up on its MS drug after having been knocked back by both …

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