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Eisai launches Lenvima in US

March 2, 2015
Sales and Marketing FDA, Japan, Lenvima, US, dtc, thyroid

Japanese firm Eisai has launched its new thyroid cancer offering Lenvima in the US, making it the first country in …

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Actavis and AZ see FDA approval for ‘superbug’ drug

February 27, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, AstraZeneca, Avycaz, FDA, US, ceftazidime/avibactam

Actavis and AstraZeneca’s combo ‘superbug’ drug Avycaz has been shown the green light to treat patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections …

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Most Americans ready for health wearables and apps

February 27, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Makovsky/Kelton, Pulse of Online Health, US, app, apps, digital, wearables

Americans are ready and willing to leverage health apps and wearable devices in order to improve their personal health according …

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FDA commissioner steps down in March

February 5, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew von Eschenbach, FDA, Margaret Hamburg, Obama, Stephen Ostroff, US

The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration Dr Margaret Hamburg is to resign from her post at the …

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Sanofi’s inhalable insulin goes on sale in US

February 3, 2015
Sales and Marketing Afrezza, FDA, Mannkind, Sanofi, US, apidra, diabetes, insulin, type 1, type 2

Sanofi has launched its inhalable insulin Afrezza in the US to control blood sugar in people with type 1 and …

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Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy merger gets US nod

February 2, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing India, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, US, generics, merger, recall, torrent

The US Federal Trade Commission has given its approval for Sun Pharma’s $4 billion acquisition of troubled Indian firm Ranbaxy …

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Novartis earns EMA and FDA nods for Jakavi and Bexsero

January 26, 2015
Sales and Marketing Bexsero, Cancer, EU, FDA, Jakavi, Novartis, US, meningitis, ruxolitinib

Novartis has secured the regulatory go-ahead for two of its drugs, after the EMA recommended Jakavi for a rare blood …

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FDA approvals: 1996 versus 2014

January 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, John LaMattina, LaMattina, NDA, US, appovals, drugs

As highlighted in a number of recent stories, 2014 was a banner year for the biopharmaceutical industry with 41 new …

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New hope through Ebola vaccine trial

December 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GAVI, GSK, US, marburg, uganda

A report in the Lancet medical journal has highlighted a treatment found to be well-tolerated in healthy Ugandan adults during …

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Lilly to market stomach cancer drug in Europe

December 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Europe, FDA, US, cyramza, ramucirumab, stomach cancer

Eli Lilly has been granted permission by the European Commission to market Cyramza in Europe. Lilly’s Cyramza (ramucirumab) is the …

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MHRA approves Google gene test for UK

December 2, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, DNA, FDA, MHRA, UK, US, gene, google, test

The MHRA has approved a controversial genetic test for the UK – despite it being banned by the US FDA. …

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GE and Takeda make liver pact

November 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GE Healthcare, Japan, Takeda, US, liver, nafld, nash

GE Healthcare and Takeda Pharmaceutical have joined forces to develop treatments which target liver conditions including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

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Boehringer and Roche IPF drugs win FDA approval

October 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, ERS, Esbriet, FDA, IPF, InterMune, Roche, US, lung scarring, lungs, ofev

The FDA has approved both Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) for the treatment of the fatal lung …

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AbbVie reconsiders Shire deal over tax laws

October 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Obama, Shire, US, mergers, tax

AbbVie will reconsider its planned $54.6 billion takeover of Shire in light of new US proposals designed to curb companies …

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Texas Ebola victim dies as diseases spreads

October 9, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Chicago O’Hare, Ebola, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Newark Liberty, Thomas Eric Duncan, UK, US, Washington Dulles

A Liberian national named Thomas Eric Duncan has died in an isolation ward of a Dallas, Texas hospital after being …

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