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FDA approves first diagnostic tool to target triple-negative breast cancer patients

March 11, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Roche, Ventana, breast cancer, pharma

Roche’s Ventana PD-L1 Assay has become the first FDA-approved companion diagnostic for the identification of patients with triple-negative breast cancer …

FDA advisory panel recommends Sanofi’s dengue vaccine in children, but rejects its use in adults

March 11, 2019
Sales and Marketing FDA, Sanofi, US, Vaccine, dengue, dengvaxia, pharma

Dengvaxia, Sanofi’s vaccine for dengue fever, has been burdened with further negative scrutiny after the FDA’s vaccine advisory panel passed …

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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announces resignation

March 8, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Scott Gottlieb, appointment, pharma

Dr Scott Gottlieb, the 23rd Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), stoked surprise throughout the industry with …

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Measles cases in Greater Manchester surge to 32 since January, lack of vaccination blamed

March 8, 2019
Medical Communications Europe, MMR, UK, WHO, measles, pharma, vaccines

There has been a sharp increase in cases of measles across Greater Manchester, Public Health England has warned, following increasingly …

Roche’s Tecentriq combo scoops up European approval in first-line metastatic lung cancer

March 8, 2019
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Europe, European Commission, NSCLC, Roche, lung cancer, pharma

Roche has announced the approval of the European Commission for its PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab) when used in combination with …

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Gilead’s Biktarvy maintains HIV suppression for 48 weeks in children and adolescents

March 7, 2019
Research and Development Biktarvy, Gilead, HIV, pharma

Gilead has lifted the curtain on new Phase 2/3 efficacy data for Biktarvy (bictegravir 50 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25 …

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Allergan’s depression drug rapastinel fails to outperform placebo at Phase 3

March 7, 2019
Research and Development Allergan, FDA, depression, major depressive disorder, pharma, rapastinel

As Janssen celebrated the FDA approval of the first novel therapy for depression in three decades with Spravato, Allergan released …

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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announces resignation

March 6, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Scott Gottlieb, opioid crisis, pharma

Dr Scott Gottlieb, the 23rd Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), stoked surprise throughout the industry with …

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Janssen’s party drug-based nasal spray becomes first new FDA-approved depression treatment in 30 years

March 6, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Spravato, depression, esketamine, pharma

The field of depression therapy has seen its biggest leap forward in over three decades, the FDA approval of Janssen’s …

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Akcea and Ionis’ Waylivra nets CHMP approval in ultra-rare familial chylomicronaemia syndrome

March 5, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Akcea, FCS, Ionis, familial chylomicronemia syndrome, pharma, rare disease

Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have announced that their investigational therapy Waylivra (volanesorsen) has been recommended by the EMA’s Committee …

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Novartis’ Cosentyx tops Janssen’s Stelara in moderate-to-severe psoriasis trial

March 5, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cosentyx, Janssen, Novartis, Stelara, pharma, psoriasis

New data has been revealed in support of Novartis’ Cosentyx (secukinumab) in the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, demonstrating the …

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AbbVie’s Skyrizi scoops up CHMP recommendation for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

March 4, 2019
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, pharma, psoriasis

AbbVie’s interleukin-23 (IL-23) inhibitor Skyrizi (risankizumab) has secured recommendation from the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), …

Biogen boosts ophthalmology portfolio with $800m acquisition of gene therapy firm Nightstar

March 4, 2019
Sales and Marketing Biogen, Nightstar, acquisition, pharma

Biogen has announced it has inked an agreement to acquire clinical-stage gene therapy firm Nightstar for a total value of …

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Disapproval from top shareholder throws $74bn BMS/Celgene merger into doubt

February 28, 2019
Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, acquisition, pharma

The news kicked off 2009 with a bang when Bristol-Myers Squibb announced it intended to acquire Celgene for $74 billion, …

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