Pharmaceutical industry – Page 30
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BusinessFDA urges labs to test all blood donations for Zika
Agency has also given emergency authorisation to two new Zika blood tests
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BusinessPfizer to buy Astrazeneca’s antibiotics
Deal tops up Pfizer’s late-stage development pipeline, but AZ will retain biological programmes
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BusinessPfizer gambles on $14bn Medivation deal
Cancer specialist likely just one target in hunt for marketed drugs to offset patent expiries
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OpinionPreparing for the future of pharma
Dave Allen discusses how scenario planning helps to define uncertainty in pharma
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BusinessStandard antibody will bolster biopharma
New NIST reference material will help validate and compare analytical techniques
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BusinessAmgen and Advaxis partner on immuno-oncology
Deal covers rights to system for building cancer therapies specific to a patient’s own tumours
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BusinessJob cuts at Takeda, Boehringer and Arena
Hundreds of positions eliminated as companies re-evaluate R&D
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BusinessCelgene and Jounce team up against cancer
Firms promise next-generation immuno-oncology as existing drugs rack up successes
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BusinessJuno CAR-T trial suspended after patient deaths
Immunotherapy study restarted with amended pre-treatment protocol
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OpinionTime for better incentives to keep drug costs low
Getting outraged at drug price hikes is all very well, but we need more constructive options
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BusinessAll part of the service
Simon Hirst, founder of contract research organisation Sygnature, is the 2016 Chemistry World entrepreneur of the year
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BusinessUnpicking doctor payments
Accepting even small meals from drug industry reps appears to influence doctors’ prescription rates
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BusinessAstraZeneca licenses skin drugs to Leo
Offloading psoriasis and dermatitis antibodies continues AZ’s plan to refocus on fewer therapy areas
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BusinessNovartis partners with Xencor for cancer antibodies
Deal deepens Novartis’s focus on immuno-oncology
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BusinessLies and deception see Astellas UK suspended by trade body
Company promoted drugs inappropriately and misled regulators in the resulting investigation
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BusinessSanofi and Boehringer agree €11bn asset swap
Deal swaps Sanofi’s animal health arm for Boehringer’s consumer healthcare business as both firms aim to boost scale
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BusinessHarvard settles with ex-student over drug royalties
Student claimed university forced him to accept unfair cut in patent deal
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Business
Teva sells off products in preparation for Allergan merger
Generics deals with Impax, Dr Reddy’s and Sagent aimed at satisfying competition authorities
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BusinessUS biotech director accused of insider trading
Biostatistics chief at Akebia charged with securities fraud