SMC accepts Janssen’s ulcerative colitis drug Stelara for NHS use
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Janssen Pharmaceutical's Stelara (ustekinumab) for use on the National...
Coronavirus: COVID-19 UK outbreak, measures and impact
The UK confirmed its first 2019-nCoV (now COVID-19) infection case, following France and Germany, on...
Scotland reaches access agreement with Vertex for CF drug Orkambi
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced two of its cystic fibrosis (CF) drugs, Orkambi (lumacaftor-ivacaftor) and Symkevi...
Eisai forms PROTACs research collaboration
Eisai has formed a research collaboration to support oncology drug discovery using proteolysis targeting chimeras...
Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, Renfrewshire
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), the University of Strathclyde, Scottish Enterprise, Innovate UK, AstraZeneca...
Deals this week: Medicines for Malaria Venture, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, aTyr Pharma
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) has entered a collaboration with Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative...
Pharmaceutical industry worth £1.7bn to Scottish economy
Scotland's pharmaceutical sector is worth £1.7bn (gross value added) to the country’s economy, according to...
Research suggests childhood obesity major risk factor for hip disease
New research has revealed that childhood obesity is causing growing number of adolescents to develop...
EUSA Pharma’s tivozanib drug approved for kidney cancer in Scotland
Scotland’s pharmaceutical regulatory authority the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has recommended Jazz Pharmaceutical spin-off EUSA...
Glasgow University uncovers molecular structure of herpes virus
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have used Nobel prize-winning cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to reveal...