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

November 16, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Korea, NICE, Samsung, Theresa May, UK, brexit, politics, top 10

The Samsung scandal played a prominent role in this weeks’ top ten after the South Korean firm was delisted from …

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3 in 4 UK diabetes patients suffer from mental health issues, says report

November 14, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development UK, World Diabetes Day, diabetes, pharma

To mark this year’s World Diabetes Day on 14 November, a new report has shed more light on the psychological …

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Cases of measles nearly quadruple since last year in UK

November 13, 2018
Manufacturing and Production MMR, Public Health England, UK, health, measles

Public Health England is urging the public to ensure that they have received two doses of the MMR vaccine after …

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Eisai’s Lenvima wins over NICE in liver cancer in just three months

November 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eisai, Lenvima, Levantinib, NHS, NICE, UK, liver cancer, pharma

Eisai has revealed that its multireceptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Lenvima (lenvatinib) has been recommended by NICE, meaning it can now …

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NICE fail to recommend AstraZeneca’s cancer drug Olaparib on cost effectiveness basis

November 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, NHS, NICE, UK, olaparib, pharma

Britain’s cost effectiveness body the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has chosen not to recommend AstraZeneca’s Olaparib …

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NHS diabetes prescriptions top £1 billion a year

November 9, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Health Education England, NHS, UK, diabetes, pharma

The NHS in England is now spending over £1billion a year on diabetes prescriptions, almost doubling in the last decade, …

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Jazz Pharma’s Vyxeos secures NICE recommendation in acute myeloid leukaemia

November 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, UK, Vyxeos, acute myeloid leukaemia, jazz pharmaceuticals, pharma

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has revealed that NICE has chosen to recommend that its 44mg/100mg powder formulation of Vyxeos for concentrate for …

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UK to push earlier diagnosis and better treatment with 5 AI-driven technology centres

November 6, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AI, Leeds, London, Oxford, UK, glasgow, pharma

The UK’s Business Secretary has announced the introduction of five specialist collaborative centres across the UK which with leverage advanced …

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Medical Marijuana to be legalised in Thailand and Malaysia as drug becomes available on prescription in UK

November 1, 2018
Business Services, Medical Communications Medical marijuana, UK, cannabis, malaysia, thailand

Thailand’s public health ministry is working to make medical marijuana legal by next month. The shift is expected to come …

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NICE turns down Sanofi’s Caprelsa for rare thyroid cancer

October 31, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Caprelsa, NHS, NICE, Sanofi, UK, medullary thyroid cancer, pharma

NICE has announced its recommendation to reject Sanofi’s Caprelsa (vandetanib) for use on the NHS in the treatment of medullary …

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Half of kidney cancer patients initially misdiagnosed

October 30, 2018
Manufacturing and Production Cancer, Kidney cancer, NHS, UK, diagnosis

Half of kidney cancer patients are initially misdiagnosed, according to data from Kidney Cancer UK’s patient survey. Despite being the …

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UK MPs call for greater action on clinical transparency and trial reporting

October 30, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development UK, c linical transparency, clinical trials, pharma, transparency

The UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has argued in a new report that the failure of clinical …

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NICE rejects Elil Lilly’s Verzenio for breast cancer in draft guidance

October 19, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, NICE, UK, Verzenios, breast cancer, pharma

Eli Lilly and patients with breast cancer patients in the UK have been dealt a blow as NICE confirmed that …

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Robot addresses British MPs over future of AI

October 18, 2018
Medical Communications AI, Robot, UK, artificial intelligence, british parliament

British MPs questioned the first robot to ever attend a UK parliamentary meeting this month, after a robot called Pepper …

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MHRA to extend EpiPen expiry dates to tackle shortages

October 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ALK+, Denmark, Mylan, UK, alk, epipen

The British government has extended the expiry date on epinephrine pens amid a shortage in the UK. The Danish pharmaceutical …

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