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Working Life: Kai Gait, Senior Global Digital Director at GlaxoSmithKline

December 6, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EU, GSK, Interview, UK, US, digital, senior global director, technology

Kai Gait, Senior Global Digital Director at GlaxoSmithKline, retraces the steps that have led him to where he is today, …

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UK Government announces first-of-its-kind Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre

December 5, 2018
Research and Development UK, pharma, vaccines

Plans for a Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in the UK have been unveiled by Business Secretary Greg Clark, in a …

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NICE approves Cimzia but blocks Ilumetri in treatment of psoriasis

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Almirall, Cimzia, Ilumetri, NICE, UCB, UK, pharma, psoriasis

UK drug watchdog NICE has announced two new recommendations relating to medicines for the treatment of psoriasis, approving UCB Pharma’s …

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Cancer drug access for NHS patients is slowing, ICR reports

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, ICR, Institute of Cancer Research, NHS, NICE, UK, pharma

A new report from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has indicated that NHS patients in the UK are suffering …

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Opdivo to be made available to UK melanoma patients via the Cancer Drugs Fund

November 30, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, UK, melanoma, pharma

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blockbuster immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) is set to be made available to patients in the UK via the Cancer …

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83% in healthcare say UK will not be attractive for R&D and manufacturing post-Brexit

November 30, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development R&D, UK, brexit, pharma

As the Brexit crisis continues to spiral, new findings from GlobalData reveal that 83% of healthcare professionals in the UK …

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UK is among the first to meet UN targets for HIV treatment and prevention, Public Health England says

November 29, 2018
Medical Communications HIV, UK, pharma

The UK is among the first countries in the world to meet the HIV treatment targets set out by the …

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Novartis’ Gilenya scores paediatric EU approval for advanced relapsing-remitting MS

November 29, 2018
Sales and Marketing Europe, Novartis, UK, multiple sclerosis, pharma

Novartis has announced that Gilenya (fingolimod) has received marketing authorisation from the European Commission for the treatment of relapsing-remitting forms …

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NICE recommends Bayer’s Stivarga for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

November 29, 2018
Sales and Marketing Bayer, NICE, Stivarga, UK, pharma

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has voiced its recommendation for Bayer’s Stivarga (regorafenib) for use on …

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UK cervical cancer screening rates fall to 21-year low

November 28, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, NHS, UK, cervical cancer, pharma

A report by NHS Digital has revealed that cervical cancer screening coverage has fallen to 71.4%, down from 72% in …

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

November 23, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kymriah, Mundipharma, UK, US, brexit, pharma, politics, top 10

The appointment of GSK veteran Arnaud Breabout to the position of Senior Vice President and CFO of Mundipharma took the …

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NHS hospitals paying 167% more for drugs since 2010/11

November 23, 2018
Medical Communications Cost, NHS, UK, hospitals, pricing

Medicines are costing the NHS more than 50% more than a decade ago, while hospitals are paying more than twice …

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Cancer Drugs Fund to offer MSD’s Keytruda for lung cancer

November 22, 2018
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NICE, UK, keytruda, pharma

MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) will now be made available via the Cancer Drugs Fund for patients in England, as NICE announces …

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MHRA Chief to step down in 2019

November 21, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development MHRA, UK, brexit, pharma

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the regulator responsible for the efficacy and safety of medicines in the …

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MSD’s Keytruda to treat melanoma in England on the Cancer Drugs Fund

November 19, 2018
Sales and Marketing England, MSD, NHS, UK, keytruda, melanoma, pharma

MSD’s blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) will now be made available to patients in England via the Cancer Drugs Fund, it …

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