Novartis

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Novartis recognised for efforts in cancer

August 8, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bush, CEO, Cancer, Novartis

Novartis is the first company to earn a global CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation by the non-profit organisation CEO Roundtable …

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Late-stage failure for Afinitor

August 8, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Afinitor, Cancer, Novartis, liver

Novartis’ oncology programme has received a blow with the news that Afinitor has failed to help patients live longer in …

UK rejects meningitis B vaccine Bexsero

July 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bexsero, Novartis, Vaccine, meningitis b

The UK government’s department for vaccinations has stunned observers by failing to back the world’s only vaccine for meningitis B. …

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Panpharma appoints Novartis senior head

July 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, celesio AG, panpharma

Pharma trading group Celesio AG has announced that Alexander Triebnigg has taken over the management of the Brazilian pharma wholesaler …

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Lucentis and Avastin equal in efficacy

July 19, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lucentis, Novartis, Roche, avastin

Latest results released this morning from a UK government trial show that off-label use of Roche’s Avastin is just as …

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Novartis compound beats Enbrel

July 9, 2013
Sales and Marketing Enbrel, Novartis, Pfizer, skin

One of Novartis’ investigational drugs has beaten Pfizer’s Enbrel in a head-to-head Phase III psoriasis study and is on course …

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Novartis’ Afinitor fails NICE test

July 8, 2013
Sales and Marketing Afinitor, NHS, NICE, Novartis

Novartis’ breast cancer drug Afinitor (everolimus) has been knocked back by NICE as “it is not good value for money”. …

Heart failure treatment given Breakthrough Status

June 27, 2013
Sales and Marketing Breakthrough Therapy Designation, Novartis, RLX03O, serelaxin

Novartis’ new treatment for heart failure has been granted Breakthrough Therapy designation status by the FDA. RLX030 (serelaxin) is for …

Novartis works in MS switch

June 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MS, Novartis, gilenya

Novartis’ oral MS drug Gilenya has been found to help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who switch to it after taking …

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Novartis receives FDA warning

June 6, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CGMP, FDA, GMP, Novartis

The FDA has castigated Novartis for what it calls ‘significant violations’ of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for finished …

Novartis drug shows cancer promise

June 5, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, Novartis

A Novartis drug which has been given breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA has demonstrated early promise in patients with …

Promising signs for Novartis’ lung cancer drug

June 4, 2013
Sales and Marketing ALK+, ASCO, LDK378, NSCLC, Novartis

Targeted lung cancer treatment LDK378 has been shown to help patients with the ALK+ gene mutation in a phase I trial.Novartis’ drug …

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Diovan trials may have been run by Novartis staff

May 29, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diovan, Novartis

Several post-marketing clinical trials of the blockbuster blood pressure drug Diovan may have been run by employees of the drug’s …

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