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Boehringer and Roche IPF drugs win FDA approval
October 16, 2014Research 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 …
AbbVie reconsiders Shire deal over tax laws
October 15, 2014Medical 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 …
Texas Ebola victim dies as diseases spreads
October 9, 2014Medical 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 …
West to build new manufacturing plant in Ireland
October 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production Ireland, Pharma services, US, manufacturing, west
West Pharmaceutical Services which focusses on injectable drug administration, is expanding its global manufacturing operations to include a new site …
Shire accused of dishonest marketing in US
September 25, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Adderall XR, Department of Justice, DoJ, Shire, US, amphetamine, dextroamphetamine
Shire will pay a fine of $56.5 million to resolve a string of legal allegations in the US surrounding the …
Fishawack opens US office in San Francisco
September 2, 2014Medical Communications US, comms, communications, fishawack, san francisco
Medical communications firm Fishawack has opened a new office in San Francisco in the US. Under its flagship Fishawack Communications brand …
Reprieve for AstraZeneca as US drops drug investigation
August 19, 2014Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brilinta, US, blood, justice, plato
The US Justice Department has pulled a controversial investigation into AstraZeneca’s pivotal clinical trial after finding no wrongdoing. The inquiry …
US focus: still top of the pharma pile
June 16, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Medicare, Obama, Sunshine Act, US, United States, america, report
Population: 313.9 million (2012) Government: Federal presidential republic Leader: President Barack Obama of the liberal Democratic Party Gross Domestic Product: …
Boehringer settles US lawsuits
May 29, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Pradaxa, US, blood, lawsuits, warfarin
Boehringer Ingelheim has sought to bring to an end around 4,000 legal cases which have been brought against the company …
US cancer docs warn of rising drug prices
May 7, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, NICE, Obama, US, United States, republicans
American cancer doctors are warning that the rising price of oncology medicines is making it unaffordable for the country’s healthcare …
WuXi begins US plant
May 2, 2014Manufacturing and Production CMO, China, NY, Shanghai, US, WuXi, pharmatech
Contract manufacturing organisation WuXi PharmaTech has begun work on a new facility in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard for the production of …
FDA ‘not trusted’ by Americans
March 19, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, JAMA, MMR, US, america, conspiracy, yougov
More than one-third of Americans in a new survey think the Food and Drug Administration is holding back new cures …
New Alzheimer’s test ‘90% accurate’
March 10, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, US, mdi, washington dc
US researchers have developed a blood test which they say is able to predict with overwhelming accuracy if someone will …
Drug sellers charged for smuggling cancer drugs into US
February 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, US, smuggling
Two individuals in the US have been prosecuted for smuggling adulterated and misbranded prescription cancer treatments from Turkey and other …
EU regulator recommended 81 medicines in 2013
January 21, 2014CHMP, EC, EU, FDA, US, rare diseases
Last year the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended 81 medicines for marketing approval, compared with just …
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