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FDA fast-tracks recreational drug MDMA for treatment of PTSD
August 30, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, MDMA, PTSD, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals
In another leap forward for the promising treatment, the FDA has announced that it has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to …
The September 2017 issue of Pharmafocus is now live!
August 30, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Research UK, MSD, Pharmafocus, President trump, Takeda, Trump, charlottesville, life sciences, oncology, pharmaceuticals, phatma
The September edition of Pharmafocus is now available – click here to read online.
New research reports first-ever response of central nervous tumour to CAR T therapy
August 29, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CAR T, CAR-T, Cancer, life sciences, lymphoma, medicine, pharma, pharmaceuticals
Researchers at a General Hospital in Massachusetts has reported what they claim is the first response of a nervous system …
AstraZeneca invests “tens of millions” into Cheshire, UK manufacturing site
August 29, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AZ, AstraZeneca, Cheshire, Chesire, UK, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca has announced plans to invest a multi-million sum into its £150 million facility in Macclesfield, Chesire, UK – a …
Novartis names new Chief Digital Officer
August 24, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, appointment, digital pharma, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals
Novartis has announced that it has appointed a new Chief Digital Officer in the form of Bertrand Bodson, who will …
Novartis launches first large-scale smartphone-based study in multiple sclerosis
August 23, 2017Research and Development MS, Novartis, life sciences, multiple sclerosis, pharma, pharmaceuticals
Novartis has launched what it claims is the first large-scale mobile research study which will gather data on multiple sclerosis …
Research unveils new drug targets for more effective treatment of liver disease
August 22, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development life sciences, liver, liver cancer, liver disease, pharma, pharmaceuticals
Researchers from KTH The Royal Institute of Technology and Gothenburg University have identified new drug targets in the treatment of …
AstraZeneca strikes mRNA-based partnership in respiratory disease
August 22, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Ethris, MedImmune, mrna, pharma, pharmaceuticals
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the company’s biologics research arm, have forged a five year research partnership with mRNA-based pulmonary disease specialist …
FDA approves Ironwood’s combination gout treatment
August 22, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Duzallo, FDA, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, gout, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has announced that the FDA has approved its drug Duzallo for the treatment of hyperuricemia associated with gout …
New study debunks hypothesis that antidepressants are ineffective
August 21, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SSRIs, anti-depressants, citalopram, life sciences, medicine, paroextine, pharma, pharmaceuticals
A research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have released findings rebutting the claim …
Regeneron abandons respiratory syncytial virus therapy after late-stage failure
August 15, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development RSV, Regeneron, pharma, pharmaceuticals, respiratory syncytial virus
Regeneron has announced that the failure of suptavumab, its experimental treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), in late-stage trials, the …
MSD CEO sparks exodus from Trump’s manufacturing council over Charlottesville violence
August 15, 2017Manufacturing 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 …
Takeda strikes partnership to develop single-drug cancer combo immunotherapies
August 14, 2017Medical 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 …
‘Hugely disturbing’ rise in UK children with type 2 diabetes, report finds
August 14, 2017Medical 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 …
Japanese telecom giant injects $1.1bn into Swiss biotech in largest-ever investment of its kind
August 10, 2017Sales 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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