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Roche’s flu drug speeds up recovery in Phase III trial
October 4, 2018Research and Development Roche, drug, flu, pharma, recovery
Swiss multinational Roche’s flu drug baloxavir marboxil significantly sped up recovery time in comparison with placebo, in people at high …
Bayer to cut 227 positions in California to drive efficiency in haemophilia
October 4, 2018Manufacturing and Production Bayer, haemophilia, pharma
Bayer has announced its intention to axe 227 employees at a manufacturing site in California as part of a push …
New group blames PBM’s and hospitals for rising drug prices
October 4, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation, Drug pricing, PhRMA, Trunmp, aha, pharma
A new group, organised under the banner of the Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation, is blaming hospitals and PBM’s for …
Baxter partners up with Mayo Clinic for new “centre of exellence” in renal care
October 4, 2018Research and Development Mayo Clinic, baxter, kidney disease, pharma, renal
American pharma firm Baxter has announced a new partnership with the Mayo Clinic in a bid to establish a “renal …
Lilly’s Verzenio gets first-line EU approval for HER2- advanced breast cancer
October 3, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eli Lilly, Verzenio, breast cancer, pharma
The European Medicines Agency has confirmed its approval of Eli Lilly’s CDK4/6 inhibitor Verzenio (ademaciclib), it has emerged. The therapy …
Memorial Sloan Kettering Chief resigns from MSD board
October 3, 2018Research and Development MSD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, pharma
Dr Craig Thompson, Chief Executive of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), the renowned non-profit treatment and research institution based …
No link between progression-free survival benefits and improved quality of life, study argues
October 2, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, clinical trials, pharma
A study of randomised clinical trials, conducted by Canada’s McMaster University and published in the Journal of the American Medical …
African-American enrollment disproportionately high in no-consent trials
October 2, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FDA, clinical trials, pharma, transparency
A new study has revealed that African-American citizens make up a disproportionately high share of participants in US clinical trials …
Are biosimilars key to solving NHS access concerns?
October 1, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Pfizer, UK, biosimilars, celltrion, pharma
In light of continued austerity gripping the NHS, it was uplifting to hear in July that the health service had …
NHS England to fund availability of Janssen’s single tablet HIV combo Symtuza
October 1, 2018Sales and Marketing HIV, Janssen, NHS, Symtuza, pharma
Great news for HIV patients in the UK as Janssen reveals that NHS England will provide critical funding for its …
Novo Nordisk cuts 650 roles around the world in R&D restructure
October 1, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Denmark, Novo Nordisk, UK, US, pharma
Novo Nordisk has announced a wave of jobs cuts as part of a global restructure of its $1 billion R&D …
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September 28, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, NHS, Novartis, pharma
Life expectancy was a key topic this week, as it emerged that growth has stalled and even fallen in areas …
Gilead to release generic versions of hep C meds over a decade before patent expiry
September 28, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Epclusa, Gilead, generics, harvoni, hepatitis C, pharma
Gilead has announced its intention to undercut itself by releasing generic versions of its blockbuster drugs for the treatment of …
Percentage of life sciences professionals using blockchain has tripled since 2017
September 27, 2018Medical Communications blockchain, pharma, pistoia alliance, technology
A survey conducted by The Pistoia Alliance, a not-for-profit coalition of life science companies, vendors, publishers and academic groups, has …
Novartis joins forces with GARDP for better, accessible infectious disease treatments in the developing world
September 27, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GARDP, Novartis, infectious disease, pharma
Novartis has partnered up with the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) to push for faster development and wider …
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