EMA grants PRIME designation for SMA treatment risdiplam
Roche announces that its SMA treatment risdiplam is granted PRIME designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Roche has announced that the European Medicines Agency...
medac’s TRECONDI® (treosulfan) gets positive CHMP opinion
medac Gesellschaft für klinische Spezialpräparate mbH has announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)...
New lab space for life science at Alderley Park
Plans to create more high specification space for small bioscience businesses in the North of England progress today as Bruntwood SciTech announces £10m investment...
Novartis receives European Commission approval for self-administration of Xolair® across all indications
Novartis has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Xolair® (omalizumab) prefilled syringe (PFS) for self-administration, allowing patients with severe allergic asthma (SAA)...
NICE releases draft guidance for patisiran for hATTR amyloidosis
NICE have released draft guidance for patisiran for adults living with hATTR amyloidosis who have stage 1 or 2 polyneuropathy. As part of a Highly-Specialised...
Access to Perjeta for Scottish breast cancer patients
Perjeta has been approved for Scottish breast cancer patients by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC). SMC has recommended that Perjeta® (pertuzumab) should be made available...
The Brexit Life Sciences Brain Drain: 14% of life sciences professionals could leave UK
The Brexit life sciences brain drain could happen as a new report finds that 14% of life sciences professionals in the UK could be...
AstraZeneca & Cancer Research UK launch Functional Genomics Centre
Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca will open a centre dedicated to functional genomics in the discovery and development of new cancer drugs. The Centre will...
100,000 Genomes Project achieves sequencing goal
The 100,000 Genomes Project has achieved its goal of sequencing 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients. The project, which began in 2012, was established with...
IQVIA welcomes Trade Minister to UK HQ
IQVIA has welcomed Minister for Trade and Export Promotion, Baroness Rona Fairhead, to its UK HQ, following £44m Sector Deal announcements. The visit highlighted the...
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