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Novartis sells stake in joint venture to GSK for $13bn

Novartis has sold its stake in its consumer health joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline to its British rival for $13bn in an early move by Vas Narasimhan, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group's new boss, to focus on its core business.
- Source: Financial Times
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Improving health literacy is in pharma’s interests

Patients who understand the information provided about their health are more likely to adhere to a medicine regime and feel empowered to take steps towards healthier lifestyles. To what extent are pharma companies taking the initiative? Amanda Barrell reports.
- Source: PharmaPhorum
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Caris Life Sciences Announces Published Results Showing that its ADAPT Biotargeting System Effectively Stratified Breast Cancer Patients Based on Their Benefit from Trastuzumab Treatment (Herceptin)

Caris Life Sciences®, a leading innovator in molecular science focused on fulfilling the promise of precision medicine, today announced publication of an article that demonstrated the Company’s proprietary ADAPT Biotargeting System™ (ADAPT) significantly out-performed standard HER2 testing in predicting response to trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for breast cancer patients.
- Source: Carislifesciences
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TiGenix and Takeda announce Alofisel® (darvadstrocel) receives approval to treat complex perianal fistulas in Crohn’s disease in Europe

First allogeneic stem cell therapy to receive central marketing authorization approval in Europe. Alofisel offers a new treatment option for patients who do not respond to current available therapies and may be subject to numerous invasive surgeries1
- Source: tigenix
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Male birth control pill shows early promise, but will it work?

An attempt to develop a safe and effective "male pill" is making headway, according to preliminary results of a small study. In a four-week trial of men under 50, an experimental hormone-based birth control pill was found to be "well-tolerated."
- Source: cbsnews
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Shire & NanoMedSyn Enter Collaboration

Shire and NanoMedSyn have entered into a preclinical research collaboration to evaluate a potential ERT using NanoMedSyn's proprietary synthetic derivatives named AMFA.
- Source: Contract Pharma
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- March 27, 2018
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Israel to Invest $275 Million in Digital Health Project

Israel approved a plan to invest 1 billion shekels ($275 million) to digitize the personal health records of its nearly 9 million citizens to help develop new drugs.
- Source: Bloomberg
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AbbVie shares tank on Rova-T flop, sudden retreat from accelerated approval pitch

AbbVies stock $ABBV is getting hammered this morning after its $10 billion Rova-T program posted poor mid-stage results for third-line small cell lung cancer, forcing the company to scuttle any plans to seek an accelerated approval for the closely-watched drug after talks with skeptical regulators.
- Source: 4-traders
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- March 26, 2018
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Novartis drug Tasigna® approved by FDA to treat children with rare form of leukemia

Tasigna® (nilotinib) approved for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Ph+ CML-CP and children with Ph+ CML-CP resistant or intolerant to prior TKI therapy New indication approved under FDA Priority Review designation; provides clinicians with pediatric-specific safety and clinical data Novartis continues commitment to people living with CML, including pediatric patients with this cancer
- Source: novartis
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Sofinnova Partners Leads SafeHeal’s €6 Million Series a Financing Round

SafeHeal, an early-stage medtech company specialized in digestive surgery and focused on the development of the Colovac device, announces today that it has closed a €6 million Series A financing round led by Sofinnova Partners.
- Source: BusinessWire
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