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Clinigen shares soar after $210m Novartis cancer drug deal

February 13, 2019
Research and Development Cancer, Clinigen, Novartis, Proleukin, UK, US, oncology

British company Clinigen has bought the rights to sell Novartis’ cancer drug Proleukin in the United States in a deal …

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Genentech to develop ‘highly active cytokine’ with Xancor in deal worth $300m

February 6, 2019
Research and Development Cancer, Genetech, IL-15 cytokine, Roche, Xancor, oncology

Roche’s Genentech unit has agreed to pay $120 million upfront as part of a research and licensing deal with California-based …

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Obesity-related cancers on the rise amongst millennials

February 4, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, obesity, oncology, young people

Cancers related to obesity are on the rise in young adults, according to findings from the American Cancer Society, published …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

February 1, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, Purdue, Vertex, insys, israel, oncology, pharma, top 10

Scandal dominated this week’s news after Sunrise Lee, a stripper turned Insys sales rep was alleged to have given a …

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Israeli biotech claims it has developed cure for cancer

January 30, 2019
Research and Development Cancer, MuTaTo, biotech, israel, lung cancer, oncology

An Israeli biotech has claimed that it has developed a complete cure for cancer. Speaking to the Jerusalem Post, Dan …

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Diagnosis at stages 1-3 increases cancer survival rate significantly

January 25, 2019
Medical Communications Cancer, England, NHS, health, oncology

Adults diagnosed with stage 1 skin, prostate or breast cancer have the same chance of still being alive the following …

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GSK acquires oncology firm Tesaro for $5.1 billion

January 23, 2019
Research and Development Cancer, GSK, Tesaro, oncology, ovarian cancer

British multinational GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have acquired US oncology firm Tesaro for $5.1 billion (£4 billion). Tesaro, a Massachusetts-based clinical stage …

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Canada Health approves Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah

January 18, 2019
Medical Communications CAR T, CAR-T, Canada, Cancer, Kymriah, Novartis, oncology

Health Canada has approved Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah for use in paediatric and young adult patients aged between three and …

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More young people surviving cancer in England, despite significant economic divide

January 17, 2019
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, England, UK, health public health, oncology, young people

Mortality and five year survival rates in a range of different cancers among people aged 13-24 improved in England between …

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Breast cancer cells can be transformed into fat cells using combination therapy, study shows

January 16, 2019
Research and Development Cancer, EMT, breast cancer, cells, oncology, tumours

An innovative cancer treatment can turn malignant breast cancer cells into fat cells, thus preventing the formation of metastases (the …

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Tumours with large number of mutations respond better to immunotherapies, study shows

January 15, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, immunotherapy, nature, oncology, research, tumour

Tumours with a large number of DNA mutations are more likely to respond to immunotherapies than cancers with fewer mutations, …

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Dutch health minister attacks Novartis over orphan drug price hike

January 15, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Cancer, Lutathera, NL, Netherlands, Novartis, oncology

Dutch health minister Bruno Bairns has called for a meeting with Swiss multinational Novartis after the multibillion-dollar firm introduced a …

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AstraZeneca hire controversial cancer doc to head new Oncology R&D unit

January 8, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, journal, oncology

The Anglo-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca has named Dr José Baselga as the firm’s new head of research and development in oncology.The …

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Roche’s Genentech inks potential $2bn personalised cancer drug development deal

January 7, 2019
Sales and Marketing Adaptive Biotechnologies, Cancer, Genentech, Roche, oncology, pharma

Roche’s Genentech is set to enter into a deal with Adaptive Biotechnologies to bolster its pursuits in the treatment of …

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Gilead inks $1.8 bn deal with immuno-oncology biotech Agenus

December 21, 2018
Medical Communications Agenus, Gilead, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, immuno-oncology, oncology

California-based firm Gilead Sciences and Massachusetts-based immuno-oncology biotech Agenus have announced that they have entered into a partnership focused on …

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