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AstraZeneca licenses European rights to constipation drug for $70m
March 1, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, EU, Japan, Luke Miles, ProStrakan Group, constipation drug, moventig
AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it has agreed to licence rights to its constipation drug Moventig to Japan’s ProStrakan Group for …
Pharma ‘spends €40m to sway EU politicians’
September 2, 2015Medical Communications EU, European Commission, TTIP, drug policy, lobbying, transparency
The pharma industry has excessive power over EU decision-makers and spends €40 million a year to influence EU drug policy, …
EU approval for new Sanofi, Merck vaccine
June 18, 2015Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Merck, Sanofi, Sanofi pasteur msd, brett wells, gardasil 9
Sanofi and Merck are looking forward to a successor to their blockbuster Gardasil now that the European Commission has granted …
AbbVie hep C drug gets priority review in Japan
April 16, 2015Sales and Marketing AbbVie, EC, EU, Europe, Exviera, FDA, Japan, Viekira Pak, Viekirax, hepatitis C, ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir
AbbVie’s combination hepatitis C treatment looks set to be approved in yet another country after being granted priority review in …
World Health Organisation calls for full trial transparency
April 14, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ben Goldacre, EU, WHO, World Health Organisation, alltrials, clinical trials, sense about science, transparency
The World Health Organization has thrown its weight behind clinical trial transparency in a new statement on its position. WHO …
Novo Nordisk obesity drug gets EU approval
March 24, 2015Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, FDA, Victoza, liraglutide, obesity, saxenda
Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Saxenda has been approved by the European Commission for use across the EU. This approval follows …
Novartis blood cancer drug given EU nod
March 17, 2015Sales and Marketing Cancer, EU, Jakavi, Novartis, oncology, polycythemia vera, ruxolitinib
Novartis’ blood cancer drug Jakavi has been given the green light in Europe to treat adult patients with polycythemia vera …
Novartis earns EMA and FDA nods for Jakavi and Bexsero
January 26, 2015Sales and Marketing Bexsero, Cancer, EU, FDA, Jakavi, Novartis, US, meningitis, ruxolitinib
Novartis has secured the regulatory go-ahead for two of its drugs, after the EMA recommended Jakavi for a rare blood …
EMA launches consultation on clinical trials
January 22, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, EMA, EU, Europe, Goldacre, alltrials, transparency
The European Medicines Agency has invited pharma to comment on its proposals to ramp up transparency in the industry and …
GSK Ebola vaccine gets EU support
December 17, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, EU, Ebola, Europe, GSK, Merck, Takeda, Vaccine, WHO, johnson
A newly-formed European consortium is to help advance the development of GlaxoSmithKline’s promising Ebola vaccine. The consortium is backed by …
Boehringer’s lung cancer drug Vargatef sees EU approval
November 28, 2014Sales and Marketing Boehringer, EU, Europe, IPF, NSCLC, lung cancer, nintedanib, ofev, vargatef
Boehringer Ingelheim’s nintedanib has received its second nod in Europe this month with the European Commission approving it for the …
Gilead gets Harvoni boost for Europe
November 20, 2014Sales and Marketing EU, Gilead, HCV, harvoni, hepc, ledipasvir, sofosbuvir, svaldi
Gilead Sciences’ new hepatitis C (HCV) tablet Harvoni has been approved across the European Union to treat the majority of …
EMA in turmoil as top job ‘annulled’
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, EU, Europe, Guido Rasi, Rasi, transparency
The future of Guido Rasi, head of Europe’s drugs regulator, is up in the air after a legal ruling which …
Scenesse recommended for rare sun disease in Europe
October 27, 2014Sales and Marketing CHMP, Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals, EMA, EU, scenesse
The European Medicines Agency is recommending that Scenesse (afamelanotide) be approved for the prevention of severe sun burn in adults …
Sovaldi combo sees CHMP green light
September 29, 2014Sales and Marketing CHMP, EU, Gilead, HCV, harvoni, hep C, sovaldi
The CHMP is recommending that Gilead’s new combination hepatitis C drug therapy Harvoni should be approved for use across the …
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