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MSD scoops up biopharma firm Tilos for $773 million

June 10, 2019
Sales and Marketing MSD, Tilos Therapeutics, acquisition, pharma

US-based firm MSD has announced it intends to acquire biopharma firm Tilos Therapeutics, and has signed a deal with the …

News

Sanofi’s Soliqua proves superior to GLP-1 RA therapies in reducing blood sugar levels

June 10, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Soliqua, diabetes, pharma, type 2 diabetes

Sanofi has stepped up at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, revealing new data which …

News

Novo’s oral semaglutide tops Jardiance and Victoza in two type 2 diabetes trials

June 10, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, diabetes, pharma, semaglutide, type 2 diabetes

Novo Nordisk has taken the opportunity at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 79th Scientific Sessions to pull back the curtain …

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FDA advisory panel backs TB Alliance’s tuberculosis regimen

June 10, 2019
Sales and Marketing FDA, TB Alliance, US, pharma, tuberculosis

An FDA advisory panel has voted to recommend the investigational drug pretomanid, developed by the non-profit organisation TB Alliance, as …

News
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Vectura CEO to step down at end of June

June 10, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, pharma, vectura

Vectura is on course for a new leader to take up the company’s reins after it was revealed that CEO …

News

Implementing “the safest medicines system in the world”

June 10, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing feature, packaging, pharma

With debates heating up over cooperation between European across the continent, Matt Fellows investigates the current state of packaging countermeasures …

Feature
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Long-term BMS exec Johanna Mercier joins Gilead as new Chief Commercial Officer

June 7, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gilead, appointment, pharma

Gilead Sciences have said Bristol-Myers Squibb exec Johanna Mercier will be the firm’s new Chief Commercial Officer. In her new …

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Novartis Pharma head to become new Sanofi CEO

June 7, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Paul Hudson, Sanofi, appointment, olivier brandicourt, pharma

French drugmaker Sanofi has revealed that its CEO Olivier Brandicourt is to retire from the role, to be replaced with …

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Mallinckrodt illegally inflated price of drug from $50 to $32,000, DoJ lawsuit says

June 7, 2019
Business Services Achthar, DoJ, Mallinckrodt, Medicare, co-pay, pharma

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed new charges against Mallinckrodt alleging the Irish-listed firm illegally hiked the price of …

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Otsuka to take over Astellas’ Cefixime business

June 7, 2019
Medical Communications APIs, Antibiotics, Astellas, Otsuka, antimicrobial, pharma

Japanese firm Otsuka Chemical has bought Astellas Pharma’s antibiotic Cefixime. The agreement gives Otsuka the right to sell Cefixime and …

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Healthcare communications: Time to think differently with patient centricity

June 6, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Spink, UK, patient centricity, pharma

Patient centricity, derived from the NHS-driven thinking “no decision about me, without me,” has been adopted by pharma to understand …

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Battling cervical cancer in the developing world

June 6, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, Medecins sans frontieres; cancer, cervical cancer, malawi, pharma

The non-profit humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, is well known for its work fighting on the …

Feature

First-of-its-kind data shows Novartis’ iscalimab extends survival of transplanted kidneys

June 6, 2019
Research and Development Novartis, iscalimab, kidney transplant, pharma, transplant

In a first-of-its-kind reveal, Novartis has presented histology data for iscalimab (CFZ533) at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) which indicates …

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Takeda’s Ninlaro fails to meet one of two primary endpoints in Phase 3 trial

June 6, 2019
Research and Development TOURMALINE-AL1, Takeda, pharma, phase 3, trial Ninlaro

Takeda has decided to discontinue its Phase 3 study of Ninlaro (ixazomib) after the drug in combination with dexamethasone, failed …

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Pfizer supressed research suggesting arthritis drug Enbrel reduced risk of Alzheimer’s by 64%

June 6, 2019
Research and Development Alzheimer's, Drug therapy, Pfizer, dementia, pharma

Pfizer supressed data suggesting that their drug Enbrel reduced the risk of patients developing Alzheimer’s disease by 64%. In 2015, …

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