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J&J exits insulin pump business, rival looks to scoop patients

October 10, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Johnson & Johnson, biotech, diabetes, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Johnson & Johnson’s Animas Corporation will cease business and close operations after the pharma giant could not find a buyer …

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Harnessing the power of the immune system

October 9, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Research UK, immunotherapy, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Dr Áine McCarthy, Senior Science Information Officer at Cancer Research UK, discusses the latest efforts to further understand the immunotherapies …

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Roche’s 99% accurate Zika test receives FDA approval

October 9, 2017
Sales and Marketing Roche, Zika, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Roche has revealed that the FDA has given approval to its cobas Zika test to determine whether a blood sample …

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Trump sweeps away birth control coverage

October 9, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing President trump, Trump, biotech, birth control, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Part of Obama’s Affordable Care Act included the provision that employer-provided health insurance must cover birth control, President Trump has …

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China to accelerate drug approvals with overseas trial data

October 9, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, drug approvals, pharma, pharmaceuticals

In a bid to speed up access to medicines for patients, China has revealed it intends to incorporate data from …

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Battery implant approved to treat sleep apnea

October 9, 2017
Sales and Marketing FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA has announced the approval of a new form of treatment for central sleep apnea, in the form of …

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Sanofi promotes global head of diabetes to expand role

October 6, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, biotech, diabetes, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sanofi has promoted Stefan Oelrich to the position of Executive Vice President of Diabetes and Cardiovascular (DCV), giving him a …

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AbbVie hit with $140m fine over fraudulent marketing of Androgel

October 6, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, androgel, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

AbbVie has been stung with a $140 million damages award to a man that suffered a heart attack after using …

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At least 40% of Afghanistan’s medicine imported illegally, union claims

October 6, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing afghanistan, pharma, pharmaceuticals

New damning allegations have arisen concerning Afghanistan’s pharmaceutical industry, as the Medicine Importers Union claims that at least 40% of …

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Bayer forced to halt huge study into key drug

October 6, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Bayer, Janssen, Xarelto, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Bayer, and development partner Janssen, have been forced to stop a Phase 3 trial looking at expanding the indication of …

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South Africa’s over-charging case against Aspen dissolves, remains against big names

October 6, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Genentech, Pfizer, Roche, aspen, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

South Africa’s Competition Commission has admitted that there is no case to be heard against Aspen and Equity, in regards …

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Merck KGaA promotes from within new MEA head

October 5, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Merck KGaA has installed a new head of its healthcare business for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey (MEA) region, …

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UK High Court rejects ABPI’s challenge to new NICE cost curbs

October 5, 2017
Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NHS England, NICE, legal, pharma, pharmaceutical

The ABPI has been knocked back by the UK High Court in its legal challenge to NICE over new drug …

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Gonorrhoea is just the tip of the antimicrobial resistance iceberg

October 5, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NovaBiotics, biotech, drugs, gonorrhoea, pharma, pharmaceutical

Dr Deborah O’Neil, Chief Executive and Scientific Officer at NovaBiotics, discusses the WHO-recognised threat of ‘super gonorrhoea’ and the antimicrobial …

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KSQ Therapeutics emerges from shadows, with former Genzyme CEO at helm

October 5, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing David Meeker, KSQ Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

KSQ Therapeutics has been known of for the last two years, when it was originally founded, but now it has …

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