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Prothena collapses on double trial failure

April 23, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Prothena Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Shares in Prothena have dropped by close to 70% on the news that two of its trials into its lead …

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Biogen boosts pipeline with $1bn Ionis deal

April 23, 2018
Sales and Marketing Biogen, Ionis, Spinraza, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Somewhat unusually for an early drug development deal, Biogen has put down a serious amount of cash up-front in its …

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UK Ministers call on Vertex to speed up price negotiations

April 23, 2018
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Orkambi, UK government, Vertex, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons regarding making Orkambi available to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), MPs …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

April 20, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, EMA, GW Pharma, J&J, JJ, MHRA, Mylan, Novartis, Sanofi, Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, epipen, keytruda, pharma, pharmaceutical

It’s the end of another week and there’s really been one story that has dominated the headlines – Takeda’s potential …

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FDA advisory committee sets GW Pharma up for approval

April 20, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Epidiolex, GW Pharma, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After the FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended GW Pharma’s Epidiolex for approval, the chances of it not receiving the nod …

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Allergan out but Takeda sticks to guns on Shire

April 20, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Allergan performed an odd about-turn after initially declaring its interest in pursuing a deal for Shire, before reneging on that …

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BenevolentAI financing round takes valuation to $2bn+

April 19, 2018
Medical Communications BenevolentAI, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

BenevolentAI, a London based drug discovery biotech, has revealed that a $115 million financing round now sees the company valued …

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Merck KGaA finds consumer health buyer in P&G for €3.4bn

April 19, 2018
Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, P&G, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Merck KGaA has successfully found a buyer for its healthcare unit, after Proctor & Gamble announced that it was prepared …

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EMA initiates divorce process from the UK’s MHRA

April 19, 2018
Medical Communications EMA, UK government, biotech, brexit, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The first stage of separation for the EMA from the UK came with the decision to relocate its headquarters to …

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EpiPen shortage hits UK and Canada hard, but not US

April 18, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Mylan, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, epipen, pharma, pharmaceutical

Manufacturing issues at the single Pfizer plant that produces the EpiPen epinephrine injector has caused serious shortages in the UK …

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Sanofi CFO set to step down this year

April 18, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development Sanofi, biotech, cfo, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After a busy start to the year, with a number of acquisitions and a few divestments, Sanofi’s Chief Financial Officer, …

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All indications point to approval for cannabis-based therapy

April 17, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, GW Pharma, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

GW Pharma are inching step by step towards a likely approval with the FDA, after it received a strong recommendation …

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FDA flip-flops on Alkermes’ drug application

April 17, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alkermes, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Two weeks ago, it looked like the hopes for Alkermes’ ALKS 5461 receiving approval would rely on returning to the …

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Amazon puts selling pharmaceuticals plan on back-burner

April 17, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing amazon, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, pharmacy

Last year buzz about Amazon entering the pharmaceutical distribution market steadily grew after it obtained pharmacy licenses in a small …

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Frequency Therapeutics hires industry vet

April 16, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Frequency Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Frequency Therapeutics is a biotech with big ideas and it has made a big appointment to back up those ideas, …

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