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AstraZeneca cancels £450m Liverpool vaccine facility expansion
Under growing global competition, this development highlights potential challenges for the UK to uphold large-scale pharmaceutical investments.
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Unlocking intellectual property potential in European pharma
Joshua Harris, Director, Burford Capital, discusses how patent monetisation, including systems like the Unified Patent Court (UPC), enables European pharmaceutical companies to remain competitive and ensure R&D investment and innovation.
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Novel drug approved for diabetes-related vision loss
The monoclonal antibody treatment is now approved in the US for both diabetic macular oedema and wet, or neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
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Draft regulatory guidance on personalised cancer therapies published
The new draft guidance for personalised cancer therapies addresses the questions that this new regulatory pathway creates, according to the MHRA’s Chief Executive.
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MHRA approves SARCLISA for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
SARCLISA (isaxtuximab) provides a new first-line treatment option for patients with multiple myeloma, offering significant improvements in progression-free survival.
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CHMP meeting highlights – January 2025
In its January meeting, the EMA’s human medicines committee recommended eight new medicines, including biosimilars and a new vaccine.
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NICE recommends gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease
The committee’s approval of the one-time gene therapy means the healthcare inequalities for patients with this genetic blood disorder can begin to be re-addressed.
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UK enhances ILAP to accelerate access to innovative medicines
The MHRA’s refreshed guidance is the only end-to-end access pathway that enables medicine developers to collaborate with the national health system, Regulator, and HTA bodies.
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Biosimilar medicines: the intersection of access, affordability, and innovation
In this article, Julie Maréchal-Jamil, Director, Biosimilar Policy & Science, Medicines for Europe, explores the strategies needed at European and national levels to secure the benefits of biosimilar medicines in an evolving landscape to deliver a pipeline for these drugs by 2030.
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New guidance to aid cost-effectiveness analysis of new drugs
The report aims to support development of economic models for health technology assessment (HTA) decision making, as there has been “little change in guidance on the use of surrogate endpoints in HTA since 2018”.
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Lilly IBD biologic receives expanded US approval
The drug is the first biologic in over 15 years to have disclosed two-year Phase III efficacy data in Crohn's disease at the time of approval.
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NSF Launches ‘Compliance Unlocked’ Podcast Series
15 January 2025 | By
NSF invites pharmaceutical professionals to tune in to its new groundbreaking podcast series “Compliance Unlocked” and join the conversation on critical industry issues.
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Potential blockbuster drugs to watch in 2025
Eleven drugs are poised to make waves in the pharmaceutical industry in 2025, according to the annual report.
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AstraZeneca’s PARP inhibitor newly recommended by NICE
The regulatory recommendation provides a targeted therapy option for eligible patients with the most common cancer in the UK.
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ePI rollout backed in new paper by pharmaceutical bodies
The industry associations uphold that adopting digital formats for medicine information will simplify supply chain and improve patient safety.
