All articles by GlobalData Healthcare

1. AstraZeneca and Merck look to cash in on Lynparza as new standard of care in ovarian cancer

   AstraZeneca and Merck & Co. have entered into a rewarding period in their partnership to develop and commercialise Lynparza (olaparib),…
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   23 Aug
2. Compliance found wanting for patients using topical treatments to manage alopecia areata

   Over time, compliance rates for patients using topical treatments for chronic autoimmune diseases such as alopecia areata (AA) have decreased….
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   23 Aug
3. Janssen and AbbVie’s Imbruvica earns approval in two new settings from the EC

   The EC has approved the use of Imbruvica in combination with obinutuzumab (Gazyva, Roche) in adult patients with previously untreated…
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   22 Aug
4. FDA calls surprise AdCom meeting on Vascepa: what does this mean for its upcoming label expansion?

   On August 8, Amarin announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to convene an advisory committee meeting…
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   22 Aug
5. Partnerships are shaping late-stage pipeline for ovarian cancer drugs

   The transformation in ovarian cancer treatment that began with the recent approvals of several targeted therapies is expected to be…
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   20 Aug
6. As US court bans compounding of endo hormone, data shows injectables are the largest service at 503B outsourcing facilities

   In the US, compounding is a practice by which an authorised person combines, mixes, or alters ingredients of a drug…
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   19 Aug
7. Authorised generics: a poorly known pharma tactic to fend off competition

   A battle has been intensifying over the past decade between the generics drug industry and companies with branded drugs that…
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   14 Aug
8. Roche’s IMvigor 130 study reads a positive result for co-primary endpoint in bladder cancer

   On 5 August, Roche announced that Tecentriq (atezolizumab) plus platinum-based chemotherapy successfully met its co-primary endpoint in the Phase III…
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   13 Aug
9. River Blindness: can prophylactic vaccines eliminate a common cause?

   River blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, is an infection caused by a parasitic worm that lives in black flies endemic…
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   12 Aug
10. Indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Roche Dominates Landscape

    Follicular lymphoma (FL) and marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) are two sub types of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) that are collectively referred…
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    12 Aug