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Samsung completes hat-trick of big biosimilar approvals

August 25, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Biogen, Samsung Bioepis, biosimilars, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Samsung Bioepis has announced that it, alongside its partner Biogen, has secured European Commission approval for its biosimilar version of …

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‘Trade secret information’ to be shared between EMA and FDA

August 25, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications EMA, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

As part of the on-going harmonisation of manufacturing standards across the Atlantic, the EMA and FDA have announced that they …

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Roche receives FDA Priority Review for drug with potted history

August 24, 2017
Sales and Marketing Roche, biotech, drugs, emicizumab, pharma, pharmaceutical

Roche, alongside its subsidiary, Genentech, announced that it has received Priority Review for its haemophilia A drug, emicizumab, and that …

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HIV home tests seized from market over potential risk

August 24, 2017
Sales and Marketing HIV, MHRA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The MHRA has removed over 100 HIV home testing kits from two UK based suppliers, after they were found not …

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Novartis gets EU nod for potential blockbuster breast cancer drug

August 24, 2017
Sales and Marketing CDK4/6, Novartis, biotech, breast cancer, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis has released that it has received marketing approval from the European Commission for its drug for the treatment of …

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Collaboration between Lilly and CRUK progresses to clinical trials

August 23, 2017
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Cancer Research UK has announced that its collaboration with Eli Lilly for the treatment of advanced solid tumours will progress …

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Scientists discover ‘Achilles’ heel’ of oesophageal cancer

August 23, 2017
Research and Development ICR, Janssen, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research have potentially found a new use for Imbruvica, after discovering a weakness in …

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Ultragenyx stumbles in P3 trial for severe muscle disease

August 23, 2017
Research and Development Ultragenyx, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Ultragenyx has revealed results from a Phase 3 trial into the treatment of GNE myopathy showed that its compound did …

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Hikma risks a stratospheric 430% price increase on product

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Hikma, biotech, drugs, generics, pharma, pharmaceutical

It wasn’t so long ago that pharmaceutical companies could change the prices of its products with little scrutiny. A series …

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Outcry after private hospitals receive tax breaks instead of NHS

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It has been revealed that private hospitals being run across England and Wales will receive £52 million in tax breaks …

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Taking science and making people feel connected to it

August 21, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, rare diseases

Owen Marks, Country Head for the Rare Disease Unit at Pfizer UK, discusses his career so far and what drives …

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Antibacterial power of mother’s milk revealed

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have discovered a previously unknown ability of a compound in mother’s milk to protect new-borns from …

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Samsung Bioepis collaborates to make inroads into original drugs

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Samsung Bioepis, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Thus far, Samsung Bioepis has made its name by being a thorn in the side of the producers of original …

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Novartis begins ‘next-generation’ malaria treatment trial

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MMV, Novartis, biotech, drugs, malaria, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis, alongside Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), have revealed that trials into a new antimalarial compound have begun in a …

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The pendulum swing of generic drug prices

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications biotech, drugs, generics, pharma, pharmaceutical

The prices of generic drugs have been driven lower as companies compete to undercut one another. This has led to …

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