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NHS England consults on Cancer Drugs Fund

October 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NHS England, commissioning, oncology

NHS England is declaring new changes to the way the Cancer Drugs Fund operates in order to plug a major …

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Roche falls foul of NICE rules, again

October 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CLL, Gazyvaro, NICE, Roche, blood cancer, oncology

Uncertainties in the data and high cost have seen NICE make an initial rejection of Roche’s new blood cancer drug …

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Half of cancers diagnosed at late stage

September 22, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, NHS, UK, oncology

A Cancer Research UK study out today reveals that nearly half of all cancers in England are diagnosed at an …

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Gilead’s blood cancer pill approved in Europe

September 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing CLL, Gilead, blood cancer, fl, idelalisib, oncology, zydelig

Gilead has gained European Commission approval for its new blood cancer pill Zydelig (idelalisib) as it looks to expand further …

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Boehringer pays $600m for cancer vaccine deal

September 19, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, cancer vaccine, oncology, pd1

Boehringer is hoping to expand its oncology pipeline with a new multi-million dollar pact for an investigational cancer vaccine. The …

Cancer drug gains first early UK access grant

September 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NICE, UK, keytruda, oncology, pin, promising

A new type of cell therapy for cancer has become the first to be deemed by the UK government as …

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NHS cancer services not holding up, says report

September 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, NHS, UK, government, oncology

NHS cancer services are in urgent need of investment and review, according to a new report commissioned by Cancer Research …

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MedImmune to work with biotech Advaxis on cancer

July 22, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Advaxis, AstraZeneca, Cancer, MEDI4736, MedImmune, oncology, pd1

AZ’s MedImmune has entered into a clinical trial collaboration with US biotech firm Advaxis to help develop new cancer immunotherapies. …

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Genentech to buy Seragon

July 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, breast cancer, oncology, serds

Roche subsidiary Genentech is to pay around $1.7 billion for biotech firm Seragon Pharmaceuticals to secure its portfolio of potential …

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PD-1 cancer race heats up as Merck takes lead

July 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, Merck, melanoma, mk3475, oncology, pembrolizumab

Merck’s oncology drug pembrolizumab has taken a big step towards becoming Europe’s first PD-1 cancer treatment as the EMA accepts …

Doctors who miss cancer to be named and shamed

July 1, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, GPs, Hunt, NHS, UK, doctors, oncology

In a new government initiative doctors who consistently fail to diagnose signs of cancer could be publically named on an …

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Value tops the agenda at ASCO cancer conference

June 30, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, chicago, mccafferty, oncology

The annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting has long been one of the most important events on the …

Novartis emphasises pharma growth

June 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing Novartis, breezhaler, dermatology, heart failure, oncology, respiratory

Novartis is to grow its pharma business by focussing on five key areas and predicts that it will have 14 …

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Novartis hires Merck president to lead oncology

June 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bruno Strigini, MSD, Merck, Novartis, oncology

Novartis has hired Merck’s president of Europe and Canada Bruno Strigini to be its president of oncology.  The role was …

GSK signs Adaptimmune deal

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Adaptimmune, BMS, Cancer, GSK, oncology

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop and commercialise biotech firm Adaptimmune’s lead clinical cancer programme with T-cell receptors (TCRs), …

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