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Featured Story | | | Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan is seeking to cut the company's workforce from 124,000 to under 100,000 by 2022 as the company grapples with major marketing and manufacturing issues. |
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Top Stories Of The Week Tuesday, September 25, 2018 The top 10 drugmakers in 2024 will hold 35% of the total biopharma market share, or more than $420 billion in sales that year. Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Alexion’s rebuilding plan has continued with another bolt-on acquisition, this time a $400 million upfront deal for rare disease specialist Syntimmune. Monday, September 24, 2018 Despite being one of the lowest-paid pharma CEOs, Pascal Soriot says defeating a Pfizer takeover was right for AstraZeneca. Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Novartis’ traditional pill manufacturing will shoulder the brunt of a cost-cutting effort announced Tuesday as it looks to a future in biologic drugs and higher margins. Tuesday, September 25, 2018 TG Therapeutics has abandoned plans to seek accelerated FDA approval of its ublituximab-umbralisib combination in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The biotech made the decision because its phase 3 overall response rate data “were not sufficiently mature to conduct the analysis.” Friday, September 21, 2018 uBiome, which sells sequencing-based microbiome tests, is moving into therapeutics with $83 million in new funding, a new site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a new board member: former Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez. Friday, September 21, 2018 HIV can hide in the body in “reservoirs” that can resurge at any time. Scientists at the University of North Carolina are reporting progress in their efforts to use immunotherapy—a technology that’s most closely associated with oncology—to eradicate these reservoirs. Wednesday, September 26, 2018 In a draft guidance statement, the FDA proposed levying heavy fines on pharmaceutical companies and CROs that don’t post clinical trial results online. Thursday, September 20, 2018 GlaxoSmithKline’s H1N1 flu vaccine Pandemrix made waves around 2010 after increased cases of narcolepsy emerged among children who took it in the previous pandemic. But a report by The BMJ suggests greater safety problems with the shot, which neither GSK nor health authorities have made public. Monday, September 24, 2018 Call it a promise kept. For years, Amarin has staunchly defended its heart drug Vascepa, despite detractors' disbelief that the drug truly cut cardiovascular risks. According to a new study, it does—and in a big way. Resources Presented by: Catalent Learn the best strategies for attracting investors in early phases of development and for overcoming formulation challenges. Sponsored by: Amazon Web Services Download our new eBook to learn how Healthcare and Life Sciences organizations are taking advantage of solutions from AWS and the AWS Partner Network to obtain value from critical data. 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