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Speedy US approval for Novartis’ Tabrecta

Novartis' Tabrecta (capmatinib, formerly INC280) has been awarded accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adults with metast...
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Imperial College London partners with NHS Trust to make PPE

As of this morning – Thursday May 7 – the current recorded case count for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the UK has hit 201,101 with 30,076 deaths. Volunteers at Imperi...
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Merck names Doina Ionescu as UK and Ireland general manager

Doina Ionescu has been named as the new managing director and general manager for the Merck Healthcare business in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The move follows...
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GlaxoSmithKline fields worries about fast-growing Shingrix as COVID-19 halts routine doc visits

With supply constraints loosening late last year, GlaxoSmithKline’s shingles vaccine Shingrix was finally ready to jet ahead. Then COVID-19 happened, sparking a new ...
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Merck grabs FDA green light for less-frequent Keytruda dosing regimen

That didn’t take long. Just days after resubmitting its application to the FDA, Merck nabbed an approval Tuesday for a new, more convenient Keytruda dosing regimen ...
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AstraZeneca, with a heavy focus on China, sees key meds outperform despite COVID-19

When the novel coronavirus was first identified in China and put the entire country on high alert, there were concerns that the outbreak would hit AstraZeneca hard, ...
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GlaxoSmithKline’s Zejula jumps ahead of Lynparza with all-comers ovarian cancer nod

Since late 2018, women with ovarian cancer who responded to an initial round of chemo have been eligible to receive a PARP inhibitor, but only if they had a BRCA mut...
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Pharmacists warn of issues with social distancing, PPE

The majority of pharmacists are unable to maintain social distancing at work and one in three are still not able to get continuous supplies of Personal Protective Eq...
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AZ, Saint Luke’s begin testing Farxiga for COVID-19

AstraZeneca and Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute have kicked off a randomised, global Phase III trial to assess the potential of Farxiga (dapagliflozin) as a...
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Roche’s COVID-19 hopeful Actemra soars amid pandemic as Lucentis, Ocrevus falter

At first glance, Roche’s business has been steady during the COVID-19 crisis. But below the surface, executives still warn of volatilities, though not all of them ar...
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