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AZ and MSD secure three bits of good news on key drug

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MSD, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It was a case of three-in-one bits of good news for AstraZeneca and MSD, after the FDA boosted the newly …

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Longest-serving chief exec in NHS sacked for ‘gross misconduct’

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications NHS, Newcastle, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital’s Chief Executive, Leonard Fenwick, has been sacked from his position after a disciplinary panel adjudged he …

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Independent research may change the immunotherapy game

August 17, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, biotech, drugs, immunotherapy, pharma, pharmaceutical

Immunotherapy treatments that focus on the PD-L1 protein have become some of the most exciting to emerge in cancer treatment. …

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Alexion moves to bolster patent protection of Soliris

August 17, 2017
Sales and Marketing Alexion, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, soliris

Soliris brought in net sales of $2.8 billion last year for Alexion, meaning it accounted for close to 90% of …

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Cancer Research UK and NU agree three-year research Astex Pharma deal

August 17, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astex pharmaceuticals, Cancer Research UK, Newcastle University, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Cancer Research UK and Newcastle University have announced that their existing research collaboration with Astex Pharmaceuticals will be extended for …

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Massive increase in UK care home places needed by 2025, report finds

August 16, 2017
Research and Development UK, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, social care

A study emerging from Newcastle University has pointed towards a potential crisis in care home places by 2025, as a …

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Less sleep in children linked to increased risk of diabetes

August 16, 2017
Research and Development biotech, diabetes, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, type 2, type-2

A study emerging from St George’s University of London found that children who slept an hour less than the recommended …

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Mending broken hearts with an injectable patch

August 16, 2017
Research and Development biotech, cardiovascular, drugs, heart disease, pharma, pharmaceutical

A team of researchers from the University of Toronto have confronted a problem that had previously had no solution – …

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Shire submits dry-eye drug for marketing approval

August 15, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Shire, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Shire has announced that it has submitted its dry-eye drug, lifitegrast, for European marketing approval. The filing comes after it …

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Gilead set to open $250m, 23-acre campus

August 15, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Gilead, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Gilead is set for the grand unveiling of its new facility in La Verne, Southern California, after several years of …

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Mundipharma agrees $250m ‘smart chemotherapy’ deal

August 15, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CellAct, Mundipharma, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A small biotech that has been working on developing one treatment for the last decade has finally seen the fruits …

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Over 1,000 currently active cancer trials spell trouble for patient recruitment

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, drugs, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

The number of active clinical trials in the cancer space has reached more than 1,000 and rising, outstripping the number …

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Early-stage study gives hope for rare and fatal neurodegenerative condition

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drugs, healthcare, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St Louis and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National …

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Ending the era of $100,000 cancer drugs

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, biotech, drugs, healthcare, immunotherapy, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Paul Workman, Chief Executive and President of the Institute of Cancer Research, examines the spiralling cost of cancer treatments and …

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One in twelve US doctors accepted opioid-related payments from pharma, finds study

August 10, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing US, bribe, drugs, life sciences, medicine, opioids, pharma, pharmaceutical

In the first large-scale study of its kind, a team of researchers at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction …

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