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MHRA suspends GMP certificate for Pfizer site in India

August 22, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GMP, India, MHRA, Pfizer, ban, facility, import, suspend

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (MHRA) has recommended that an Indian facility belonging to Pfizer’s Hospira unit be …

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MHRA approves Sanofi Pasteur MSD’s four-strain influenza vaccine for UK use

July 25, 2016
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Sanofi Pasteur MSD has announced the approval of the latest addition to its family of influenza vaccines in the UK: …

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MHRA approves new indication for MSD’s Ezetrol

February 26, 2016
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The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a new indication for MSD’s Ezetrol (ezetimibe), making it …

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UK lung cancer patients get early access to breakthrough BMS drug

February 5, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, MHRA, NICE, eams, opdivo

UK lung cancer patients are to get access to Bristol Myers-Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme …

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AstraZeneca lung cancer drug clears UK market access hurdle

September 4, 2015
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Novartis heart failure drug available via EAMS

September 3, 2015
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Novartis has won the investigational heart failure treatment LCZ696 (sacubitril valsartan) will be available in the UK under the Early …

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Opdivo launched in the UK for skin cancer

July 2, 2015
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Bristol-Myers Squibb has launched its cancer immunotherapy treatment Opdivo in the UK for patients with advanced skin cancer. Opdivo (nivolumab) …

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£15.8 million UK haul of fake drugs

June 19, 2015
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Counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and devices worth £15.8 million have been seized in the UK as part of a global …

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Novartis heart drug steps closer to EAMS scheme

April 23, 2015
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Novartis’ investigational heart failure drug LCZ696 has been handed a Promising Innovative Medicine designation (PIM) after showing that it significantly …

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Novartis in major oncology drive

March 30, 2015
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Novartis says it is ‘stepping up its efforts’ in cancer by launching major initiatives to discover new treatments to combat …

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FDA gives new safety warning on Pfizer’s Champix

March 10, 2015
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The FDA has warned that Pfizer’s stop smoking drug Champix is linked with seizures, aggressive behaviour and blackouts. In its …

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Chair appointed for new MHRA devices committee

February 20, 2015
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Dr Peter Nightingale has been appointed as chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) newly-formed Devices Expert …

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Websites selling illegal drugs increasingly face closure

February 12, 2015
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The number of websites shut down by the MHRA for selling illegal pharmaceutical products has increased dramatically in recent years, …

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MHRA shuts down unlicensed cancer drug facility

February 9, 2015
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The MHRA has shut down an unlicensed Cambridgeshire plant that was producing a potentially dangerous drug to be sold online. …

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Genentech makes $10m gene testing outlay

January 8, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, DNA, Genentech, MHRA, Pfizer, Roche

Genentech has thrown its weight behind the contentious DNA testing company 23andMe, by agreeing a deal to buy the genomic …

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