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Pfizer to build $465m sterile injectable plant in Michigan
July 25, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Michigan, Pfizer, US, manufacturing, pharma
Pfizer has unveiled plans to invest $465 million to build a new sterile injectables plant in Portage, Michigan, saying that …
US court overturns Allergan’s controversial attempts to avoid Restasis patent review
July 23, 2018Sales and Marketing Allergan, Mylan, Restasis, US, dry eye, pharma
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has seen fit to authorise a US Patent and Trademark Office …
Novartis follows Pfizer’s lead, pledges no price hikes in 2018
July 18, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Pfizer, President trump, Trump, US, pharma
Following US pharma giant Pfizer’s clash with President Donald Trump after it was called out on Twitter for hiking the …
AbbVie and Mylan reach US marketing agreement for Humira biosimilar
July 18, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Humira, Mylan, US, pharma
AbbVie and Mylan have announced that they have both signed a licensing agreement for the former’s proposed biosimilar version of …
FDA expands Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi into castration-resistant prostate cancer
July 16, 2018Sales and Marketing Astellas, Cancer, FDA, Pfizer, US, Xtandi, pharma, prostate cancer
Astellas and Pfizer have revealed that their androgen receptor inhibitor Xtandi (enzalutamide) has received approval from the FDA to expand …
Teva to relocate US HQ to New Jersey, affecting over 1,000 jobs
July 6, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Teva, US, new jersey, pharma, philadelphia
As the Israeli firm presses on with attempts to cut back on costs and streamline operations, Teva has announced plans …
Novartis secures US rights to Adamis’ epinephrine auto injector
July 3, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Adamis, Novartis, Symjepi, US, auto injector, pharma
Novartis has penned an agreement with Adamis Pharmaceuticals to commercialise and distribute the latter’s epinephrine auto injector Symjepi in the …
GW Pharma’s Epidiolex becomes first cannabis-based medicine available in US
June 26, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, GW Pharma, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, UK, US, cannabidiol, cannabis
In what could prove to be a pivotal decision, UK biotech GW Pharmaceuticals has announced that its oral cannabidiol solution …
Facebook unveils new feature to battle opioid crisis
June 20, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Facebook, US, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma
Despite its highly-publicised transgressions recently, tech giant Facebook is looking to do the right thing by wading into the ongoing …
Dr Reddy’s just-approved opioid dependence generic blocked over US patent dispute
June 18, 2018Sales and Marketing Dr Reddy's, FDA, Mylan, US, opioid crisis, opioid dependence, opioids, suboxone
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has taken two steps forward an one step back after its generic version of Suboxone Film (buprenorphine/naloxone) …
Kitov’s combo gets FDA approval in osteoarthritis and hypertension
June 1, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Consensi, FDA, Kitov, US, hypertension, osteoarthritis, pharma
Israeli biopharmaceutical firm is celebrating the approval in the US of Consensi, a combo of the calcium channel blocker amlodipine …
Pfizer’s Xeljanz becomes first JAK inhibitor approved in US for active ulcerative colitis
May 31, 2018Sales and Marketing FDA, Pfizer, US, Xeljanz, pharma, ulcerative colitis
Pfizer has revealed that its Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor Xeljanz (tofacitinib) has received FDA approval for the treatment of adult …
Allergan recalls 170,000 birth control packs in US over pregnancy fears
May 30, 2018Research and Development Allergan, FDA, Taytulla, US, birth control, pharma
Allergan has issued a voluntary recall of its birth control medication in the US marketplace after an error in packaging …
UCB’s Cimzia secures first-of-its-kind FDA approval in plaque psoriasis
May 29, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cimzia, FDA, UCB, US, pharma, psoriasis
The FDA has expanded the label for UCB’s Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) in the US, approving the therapy for the treatment …
Sun Pharma drug combo scores FDA approval in advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer
May 23, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Churchill Pharmaceuticals, FDA, Sun Pharma, US, Yonsa, pharma, prostate cancer
Sun Pharma is celebrating with the announcement that its CYP17 inhibitor Yonsa (abiraterone acetate) has been awarded FDA approval in …
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