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  • Immatics Partners GSK in Deal Worth €1B to Develop Cancer Therapies

    The German biotech Immatics will partner with GSK and could receive more than €1B from the big pharma for developing cancer immunotherapies based on engineered immune T-cells. Immatics will colla...


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    https://www.labiotech.eu/car-t/gsk-immatics-tcr/3664

  • Big Pharma returning to U.S. price hikes in January after pause

    Novartis AG (NOVN.S) and Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) are among nearly 30 drugmakers that have taken steps to raise the U.S. prices of their medicines in January, ending a self-declared halt to increases made ...


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    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drugpricing-exclusive/exclusive-big-pharma-returning-to-us-price-hikes-in-january-after-pause-idUSKCN1OJ01E?utm3662

  • Honeywell partnership aims to improve pharma manufacturing through AI

    The companies will combine their expertise across process automation and data analytics to aid pharmaceutical companies through a more efficient manufacturing process. Honeywell will utilise Bigfinite...


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    https://www.epmmagazine.com/news/honeywell-partnership-ams-to-improve-pharma-manufacturing-th/3660

  • Tackling the Innovation Crisis in Drug Discovery and Development

    Arctoris Ltd has announced a formal partnership with Molecule in order to tackle the ongoing innovation crisis faced by drug discovery and development across both industry and academia. Through its fu...


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    https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/product-news/tackling-the-innovation-crisis-in-drug-discovery-and-development-3309113661

  • Novartis Demands Outside Counsel Make Tough Diversity Guarantees

    Novartis AG is demanding that its 22 “preferred” Big Law firms make specific diverse staffing commitments for each engagement with the pharma giant or face punishment in the form of reduce...


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    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/novartis-demands-outside-counsel-make-tough-diversity-guarantees?usertype=External&bwid=00000170-33658

  • Patient successfully treated for coronavirus in the US

    The Ebola drug Remdesivir, made by Gilead Sciences, was given to an American who is 35 years old. The doctors reported that on 26 January his condition seemed to improve within a day, and by 30 Januar...


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    http://www.pharmafile.com/news/541290/patient-successfully-treated-coronavirus-us3655

  • Durham’s Mycovia Pharma extends clinical trial of anti-fungal drug for yeast infections

    Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, a developer of drugs in women’s health, has initiated “extension studies” as part of its ongoing Phase 3 global clinical trial of its lead drug candidate for...


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    https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/02/11/durhams-mycovia-pharma-extends-clinical-trial-of-anti-fungal-drug-for-yeast-infections/3656

  • Coronavirus draws attention to FDA oversight of Chinese drugs

    Lawmakers are raising concerns anew about the U.S. reliance on foreign drug manufacturing amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak that has pushed FDA inspectors out of China. The novel disease outbreak co...


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    https://www.politico.com/newsletters/prescription-pulse/2020/02/07/coronavirus-draws-attention-to-fda-oversight-of-chinese-drugs-4882693652

  • Coronavirus: The Latest Problem Big Pharma Won’t Solve

    Time for new pharmaceutical-innovation models. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most profitable on earth, expected to be worth $1.4 trillion by the end of 2020. Last year, the four drug compa...


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    https://www.barrons.com/articles/coronavirus-the-latest-problem-big-pharma-wont-solve-515810786003653

EVENTS

Conferences

PBMI 25th National Conference

PBMI 25TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

March 02-04, 2020
Next year, PBMI will celebrate our 25th National Conference Anniversary in Orlando, Florida at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, March 2-4, 2020.  For more than two decades, we’ve hosted this meeting to educate and help healthcare stakeholders stay up to date on best practices/strategies for...

3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutics & Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON PHARMACEUTICS & ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS

March 04-05, 2020
The Global Pharmaceutical Sector is rapidly transforming with innovative therapeutic approaches and technological breakthroughs. In this fast-growing sector, Pharmaceutical Sciences 2020 thrives to gather like-minded people from various disciplines ofPharmaceutical and Healthcare Sectors in a single...

3rd GLOBAL PHARMA SUMMIT

3RD GLOBAL PHARMA SUMMIT

March 16-17, 2020
This scientific occasion will be a gathering of Pharmacists, pharmacologists, Healthcare Professionals, Academicians, Researchers, Scientists, Industrialists and Students from across the Globe and aims to provide a hostilic exposure on cutting-edge technologies, new therapeutics, research and develo...

Clinical Microbiology and Immunology

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

March 16-17, 2020
Clinical Microbiology 2020 brings the world’s leading Microbiologists, Immunologists,  academic scientists, researchers and research scholars, Microbiology and Immunology professionals concerned with the profession and practice of Microbiology and Immunology to exchange their experiences,...

The 8th Annual Global Pharmaceutical and Medical Meetings Summit

THE 8TH ANNUAL GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL MEETINGS SUMMIT

February 10-12, 2020
The 8th Annual Global Pharmaceutical and Medical Meetings Summit

4th Annual Microbiome Movement, Drug Development, Europe

4TH ANNUAL MICROBIOME MOVEMENT, DRUG DEVELOPMENT, EUROPE

February 04-05, 2020
As the first microbiome-based therapeutic steps closer to market approval, the scientific community continue to demonstrate the functional role of the human microbiome as a novel source of therapeutic, biomarker and diagnostic development. Despite this progress, the vast potential to develop effecti...

The Digital Pharma Advances

THE DIGITAL PHARMA ADVANCES

January 29-29, 2020
Powerfully Target & Engage HCPs & Patients & Deliver Real-World Results With Integrated, Innovative Digital Strategies.Customer-Centric, Value-Adding, Multi-Channel Digital Pharma Marketing Strategies.

International Conference on Metabolic Diseases and Liver Cancer

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METABOLIC DISEASES AND LIVER CANCER

December 16-17, 2019
“INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METABOLIC DISEASES AND LIVER CANCER ’’ is organized in order to bring light and anticipate to the dark sides of human liver cancer and irregular human metabolic diseases which are prevailing worldwide. This conference is effective on all sides as it giv...

 

Webinars

FEB 25, 2020
2020 ANNUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CLEANING VALIDATION TRAINING PROGRAM
Pharmaceutical manufacturers must validate their cleaning processes to ensure compliance with the latest regulatory requirements. Effective and consistent cleaning procedures must be in place and thoroughly validated to avoid cross-contamination in manufacturing and cleaning equipment. In ...
FEB 25, 2020
2020 PHARMACEUTICAL CLEANING VALIDATION REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TRAINING PROGRAM
This intensive 8-part live training program on the topic of Cleaning Validation will consist of 8 live training sessions of 2 hours each. It will include over 20 hours of live presentation and live Q&A delivered twice a month over the course of 4 months.
FEB 26, 2020 | 11:00
JOIN INDUSTRY EXPERTS AS THEY DISCUSS MAJOR DRUG CATALYSTS FOR Q1 2020
Anticipate the biggest, most impactful expected catalysts of early 2020 with the guidance and insights from Pharma Intelligence. Building off Biomedtracker’s Early 2020 Outlook report, our live webinar will include market context for these upcoming milestones and additional insights ...
FEB 27, 2020 | 12:00pm
ACCELERATING APPROVAL FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPIES
After decades of slow and steady progress, cell and gene therapies are experiencing important breakthroughs, demonstrating potential to slow disease progression, improve outcomes, and in some cases, potentially cure an array of illnesses. However, navigating complex clinical and regulatory...
FEB 27, 2020 | 11:00am
WE CHAT IN CHINA.HOW PHARMA AND MARKET RESEARCHES CAN UTILISE THIS EMERGING DIGITAL PLATFORM
Join us for this live webinar in which Emerging Market experts, Rachel Howard and Parisa Valadan, will discuss the features and opportunities of WeChat. They will address the impact of doing business in China, share examples of how WeChat is being used in healthcare, and discuss what this ...
MAR 02, 2020 | 01:00pm
IS IT MICROBIOLOGICAL METHOD VERIFICATION OR VALIDATION, OR JUST SEMANTICS?
Although method validation and method verification are related terms, they have very different analytical and statistical requirements particularly for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005. Unfortunately, the terms are often incorrectly used interchangeably, resulting in confusion and the ap...

HOW PHARMA MARKETING CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE EVOLVING CUSTOMER JOURNEY
New developments in data and digital are changing traditional customer journeys and forcing pharmaceutical companies to evolve in order to keep up.
ENSURING COMPLIANCE FOR PHARMA COMPANIES THROUGH LOCAL LABEL DEVIATIONS
Many global pharmaceutical companies are often faced with a volume of content in the field that has grown to a point where the quality of that labeling is unknown. Assessment of what exists and correcting the process to avoid pitfalls in the future can be a daunting task.
DISCOVER THE MEGATRENDS REMAPPING THE PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET
New Manatt Health Webinar Reveals the Megatrends Reinventing the Ways Your Patient, Provider and Payer Customers Think—and How You Should Respond to Succeed.
MEMBRANE-BASED WATER FOR INJECTION
Historically, distillation has been the most common technology used to produce Water for Injection (WFI), due to prior process advantages and historical regulatory requirements.  Changes in the European Pharmacopeiano longer require the use of distillation systems to produce WFI. In t...
USE OF CANNABIS IN MEDICINE - DRUG OR DRUG?
In the webinar, Prof. Kirsten Müller-Vahl gives an overview of the use of cannabis in medicine, explains the basics of the endocannabinoid system and introduces the various cannabis compounds - from different cannabis flowers to cannabis-based drugs based on extracts and synthetic can...
WHAT PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETERS CAN DO NOW TO STAY AHEAD OF THE EVOLVING CUSTOMER JOURNEY
In association with pharmaphorum, Tag discusses what pharmaceutical marketers can to do stay ahead of the evolving customer journey.

RESOURCES

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Pain management is one of the most common reasons for the use of medical cannabis products. However, despite many jurisdictions – including Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands – now allow...

The drugstore chain agreed to pay $7.5 million in fines after an unlicensed pharmacist at several San Francisco Bay locations illegally filled more than 700,000 prescriptions over a ten-year period. A...

There aren't too many people in healthcare who can say they've worked for both a Big Pharma company AND a hot health tech startup, so we're lucky we had a chance to talk with Kristin Millb...

The pharmaceutical industry's top earners are cancer drugs  a sentence that will be read to the surprise of no one. When sussing out why oncological therapies cost so much, the usual suspect ...

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that two very different species of bacteria have evolved distinct, powerful antibiotic arsenals for use in the war against their bacterial neighb...

A type of immunotherapy in which T cells are given to a patient to help the body fight diseases. In cancer therapy, T cells are usually taken from the patient’s own blood or tumor tissue, grown ...