GW Pharmaceuticals is a British biopharmaceutical company known for its multiple sclerosis treatment product nabiximols (brand name, Sativex) which was the first natural cannabis plant derivative to gain market approval in any country. Another cannabis-based product, Epidiolex, for treatment of epilepsy, was approved for treatment of epilepsy in 2018.
A roundup of some of the biggest stories coming out of the UK pharma industry, including AstraZeneca’s bid for cancer specialist Fusion Pharmaceuticals; the shutdown of Sanofi’s R&D site in…
Ismail Shehada explains his decision to join leading Saudi firm Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, influenced by its potential for growth and strategic transformation in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030. He outlines the…
Last year the UK-based pharma industry warned against the country’s waning competitiveness, condemning the government’s statutory scheme designed to control drug prices. UK-headquartered AstraZeneca joined the battle cry, claiming it…
President of the Portuguese Association Against Leukaemia (APCL), Dr Manuel Abecasis is known as the father of bone marrow transplants in Portugal. He outlines the APCL’s activities, including the organisation’s…
A roundup of the biggest stories from UK pharma, including the latest agreement between the British government and industry on a renewed drug pricing clawback scheme; GSK’s search for deals…
Since its creation over 20 years ago, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) body for England and Wales, has forged a solid…
Could the UK’s re-joining of Horizon Europe, the EU’s EUR 95 billion research funding programme, be the latest sign that the country is ready to win back its global scientific…
The latest news from UK healthcare and life sciences, including the safety review of Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 receptor agonists; VaxEquity’s grant to scale up RNA vaccine manufacturing; AstraZeneca/Quell Therapeutics cell…
Rodrigo Rodriguez, as area head for UMEA at Takeda, leads a vast and varied region that includes Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa and is characterised by what he calls…
‘Sukoon’ means ‘tranquillity’ and ‘peace of mind’ in Hindi, Arabic and Urdu which perfectly reflects the recently rebranded Sukoon Insurance’s core purpose, according to CEO Jean-Louis Laurent Josi. He explains…
Life sciences have been steadily losing ground in the UK with a significant drop in global R&D investments and a decreasing number of patients enrolled in clinical trials. The British…
The latest news from UK healthcare and the life sciences, including a record rise in the number of people using private healthcare services due to significant strains on the National…
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