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MSD to launch Keytruda at half US list price in China
September 20, 2018Business Services, Sales and Marketing BMS, China, MSD, global, keytruda, markets, pricing
US pharma giant MSD will offer cutting edge cancer treatment Keytruda to Chinese patients at half the price at what …
Pfizer, Novartis, MSD, Novo and GSK halt operations in wake of Hurricane Florence
September 14, 2018Medical Communications GSK, Hurricane Florence, MSD, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, pharma
As Hurricane Florence begins to breach the Southeast Coast, major pharma firms have announced they are enacting contingency plans, including …
Keytruda scores ground-breaking European approval in lung cancer subgroup
September 10, 2018Sales and Marketing Cancer, EU, Europe, MSD, Merck, NSCLC, keytruda, lung cancer, pharma
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has chalked up yet another approval for MSD, this time in Europe in combination with permextred and platinum-based …
MSD’s experimental vaccine to be used in fight against Congo Ebola outbreak
August 8, 2018Research and Development Congo, Ebola, MSD, Merck, Vaccine, pharma
MSD’s experimental drug rVSV-ZEBOV will be used in tackling the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after …
Pfizer to consider stockpiling medicines in preperation for no-deal Brexit
August 6, 2018Sales and Marketing EU, MSD, Pfizer, Sanofi, brexit, stockpiling
Pfizer is considering joining AstraZeneca, Sanofi and MSD in stockpiling medicines in preparation for a hard Brexit, it has emerged. …
MSD’s ulcerative colitis drug scores expanded indication in Europe
July 9, 2018Sales and Marketing Europe, MSD, pharma, ulcerative colitis
New Jersey-based multinational MSD have announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Simponi (golimumab) for early dose optimisation in …
Ferring’s heat-stable drug could stop post-childbirth bleeding, WHO says
June 28, 2018Research and Development Carbetocin, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, MSD, WHO, childbirth, pharma
A new formulation of a drug to prevent excessive bleeding in women after childbirth could save thousands of lives, says …
AstraZeneca’s Lynparza proves efficacy in first-line BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer
June 27, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MSD, Merck, ovarian cancer, pharma
AstraZeneca is celebrating alongside partner MSD with the reveal of new data on the use of Lynparza in the first-line …
Novo’s oral semaglutide beats Victoza and Januvia in diabetes
June 21, 2018Research and Development Januvia, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Victoza, pharma, semaglutide
Novo Nordisk has released new data for its oral semaglutide diabetes therapy from two trials, showing that the GLP-1 analogue …
NICE recommends MSD’s Keytruda for advanced PD-L1-positive lung cancer
June 5, 2018Research and Development MSD, Merck, NHS, NICE, keytruda, pharma
UK drug watchdog NICE has chosen to issue final guidance recommending the use of MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) on the NHS …
MSD’s Keytruda scores impressive first-line lung cancer data
May 24, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, biotech, drugs, keytruda, pharma, pharmaceutical
MSD Keytruda has enjoyed the most success of the PD-1/L1 therapies in clinical trials recently and it’s rapidly cementing its …
Ebola threat intensifies in DR Congo
May 18, 2018Medical Communications Ebola, MSD, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming increasingly serious, after it was confirmed that there was …
European approval for tablet formulation of Lynparza in ovarian cancer
May 8, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, EMA, Europe, MSD, lynparza, ovarian cancer, pharma
AstraZeneca and MSD’s poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor Lynparza (olaparib) has been approved for use in Europe, it has emerged, …
US court upholds verdict voiding MSD’s claim to $200m from Gilead in patent dispute
April 26, 2018Sales and Marketing Gilead, MSD, Merck, harvoni, hepatitis C, pharma, sovaldi
MSD has taken a legal hit after a US appeals court upheld a ruling that the pharma giant had illicitly …
The May 2018 issue of Pharmafocus is now live!
April 23, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, MSD, Pharmafocus, Shire, Takeda, flypharma, keytruda, mhealth, mobile health summit, opdivo, pharma, sugar tax
Just in time for the first good weather of the year, the May 2018 edition of Pharmafocus is available to …
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