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Osteoporisis risk in over half of European women over 70, three-quarters not treated, Amgen study finds

April 8, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Europe, UK, bones, osteoporosis, pharma, real world data, real-world data

A new study from Amgen analysing real-world data has revealed that more than half of European women over 70 years …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

April 5, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, AstraZeneca, Northern Ireland, Novartis, Placebo, UK, brexit, pharma

As Brexit looms, pharma trade lobby the ABPI called for a ban on exports of medicines in the case of …

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BMS Opdivo/Yervoy recommended for untreated kidney cancer via Cancer Drugs Fund

April 5, 2019
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Kidney cancer, NICE, UK, Yervoy, opdivo

NICE has revealed it is recommending that Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab), in combination with Yervoy (ipilimumab), be made available to …

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England’s antidepressant prescriptions double to 70m in a decade

March 29, 2019
Medical Communications England, UK, antidepressants, anxiety, depression, pharma

Figures released by NHS Digital have revealed that prescriptions for antidepressants in the UK have risen to 70.9 million, almost …

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ABPI calls for temporary export ban in effort to prevent shortages in case of no-deal Brexit

March 29, 2019
Medical Communications ABPI, UK, brexit, drug shortages, export market

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has called for a temporary ban on exports as a means of …

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Vertex destroyed nearly 8,000 packs of Orkambi in 2018

March 28, 2019
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Briatin, Orkambi, UK, Vertex, cystic fibrosis

Vertex destroyed nearly 8,000 packs of the $272,000 a year cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi in 2018, the company said in …

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi to be made available via Cancer Drugs Fund in England

March 28, 2019
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, NHS, NICE, UK, lung cancer

AstraZeneca’s PD-L1 inhibitor Imfinzi (durvalumab) will now be made available to English lung cancer patients on the NHS via the …

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Sanofi may airlift flu vaccines into UK after Brexit

March 26, 2019
Manufacturing and Production EU, France, Sanofi, UK, brexit, channel tunnel, vaccines

French firm Sanofi would airlift flu vaccines into the UK in the case of a highly disruptive exit from the …

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NICE recommend Takeda’s lymphoma treatment Adcetris

March 25, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NICE, Takeda, UK, lymphoma, oncology, recommendation

Britain’s cost effectiveness body has recommended Takeda’s Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) for adult patients with CD-30 positive advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma …

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Breast cancer mortality rates fall faster in Britain than elsewhere in Europe

March 19, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, EU, Europe, France, Italy, Poland, UK, breast cancer, german, oncology

Death rates from breast cancer are falling faster in Britain than in any of the other six most populous countries …

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Scottish Medicines Consortium rejects Novartis’ CAR T therapy Kymriah

March 12, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Kymriah, NICE, Novartis, SMC, Scotland, UK

Scotland’s cost effectiveness body has refused to fund Novartis’ CAR T therapy Kymriah for adult patients with lymphoma. The Scottish …

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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 …

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Public satisfaction with NHS falls to lowest point since 2007

March 7, 2019
Medical Communications England, King's, NHS, Nuffield, Scotland, UK, Wales, kings, public stisfaction

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to lowest levels since 2007, according to analysis of the 2018 British Social …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

March 1, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GP, Michael Cohen, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Senate, UK, crispr, top 10

As the CRISPR twins’ story unfolds, scientists revealed that the Chinese babies were likely altered in a way that improves …

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More than 40% of GPs intend to quit within five years

February 28, 2019
Medical Communications GPs, NHS, NHS LOng term plan, UK, brexit, workforce

More than 40% of GPs intend to quit within five years according to researchers at the University of Warwick. The …

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