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MSD CEO sparks exodus from Trump’s manufacturing council over Charlottesville violence

August 15, 2017
Manufacturing and Production MSD, Merck, Prsident's American Manufacturing Council, charlottesville, pharma, pharmaceuticals

In a shock move, MSD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Frazier (pictured) has announced that he is to resign …

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Battling misinformation on the world’s biggest killer

August 14, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, healthcare, heart disease, heart failure, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Simon Williams, Head of Communications and Policy at Heart UK, discusses the threat posed by cholesterol in the development of …

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NICE knocks back advanced kidney cancer drug duo

August 14, 2017
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Kidney cancer, NICE, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

NICE has dished out a double judgement turning down two drugs for advanced renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney …

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Takeda strikes partnership to develop single-drug cancer combo immunotherapies

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Takeda, immunotherapy, medicine, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Japanese pharma giant Takeda has announced that it is to partner up with US-based Shattuck Labs in a collaboration to …

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Over 1,000 currently active cancer trials spell trouble for patient recruitment

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, drugs, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

The number of active clinical trials in the cancer space has reached more than 1,000 and rising, outstripping the number …

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‘Hugely disturbing’ rise in UK children with type 2 diabetes, report finds

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing childhood obesity, diabetes, healthcare, life sciences, obesity, pharma, pharmaceuticals

A report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has highlighted a “hugely disturbing” rise in cases …

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FDA investigating intragastric obesity treatment linked to five deaths

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing life sciences, medicine, obesity, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA has launched an investigation after five deaths thought to be caused by an obesity treatment surgery in which …

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Celgene opts not to acquire Sutro Biopharma for $1bn, reworks existing partnership

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Sutro Biopharma, biotech, healthcare, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Celgene has announced that it has chosen not to scoop up Sutro Biopharma, rejecting to take advantage of an option …

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Early-stage study gives hope for rare and fatal neurodegenerative condition

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drugs, healthcare, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St Louis and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National …

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Ending the era of $100,000 cancer drugs

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, biotech, drugs, healthcare, immunotherapy, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Paul Workman, Chief Executive and President of the Institute of Cancer Research, examines the spiralling cost of cancer treatments and …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

August 11, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, NICE, Parkinson's, biotech, diabetes, pharma, pharmaceutical, top ten

Another week, another busy week in pharma. The last seven days have seen some remarkable strides in the diabetes space, …

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Heart failure mortality rates fall across England and Wales, national audit finds

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development cardiovascular, heart, heart disease, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical

Great news in the cardiovascular space as results from the National Heart Failure Audit indicate that better treatment has led …

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Continuous manufacturing: Upgrading the supply chain to meet rising demand

August 10, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing continuous manufacturing, life sciences, manufacturing, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical production has long been the object of scrutiny to ensure the highest levels of quality and safety are maintained. …

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Japanese telecom giant injects $1.1bn into Swiss biotech in largest-ever investment of its kind

August 10, 2017
Sales and Marketing Roivant, SoftBank, biotech, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceuticals

In possibly the biggest single biotech investment ever made, Swiss biotech firm Roivant has received a $1.1 billion cash injection …

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Bayer’s liver cancer drug availability spreads to UK with NICE approval

August 10, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, NICE, Nexavar, life sciences, liver cancer, pharma, pharmaceutical

NICE has announced that it has given final appraisal recommending Bayer’s Nexavar (sorafenib) for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma …

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