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Buccal drug delivery market to reach $7.1b by 2030
Growth of the buccal drug delivery market is driven by the high bioavailability of buccal formulations as well as the ageing population, smoking addiction and increased R&D.
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AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is an Anglo–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company.
In 2013, it moved its headquarters to Cambridge, United Kingdom, and concentrated its R&D in three sites: Cambridge, Gaithersburg, Maryland (location of MedImmune) for work on biopharmaceuticals, and Mölndal (near Gothenburg) in Sweden, for research on traditional chemical drugs. In 2015, it was the eighth-largest drug company in the world based on sales revenue.
AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation. The company was founded in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish Astra AB and the English Zeneca Group (itself formed by the demerger of the pharmaceutical operations of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1993). It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Cambridge Antibody Technology (in 2006), MedImmune (in 2007), Spirogen (in 2013) and Definiens (by MedImmune in 2014).
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ADC oncology therapy market to value over $36b by 2029
With antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) gaining favour as oncology treatments, research shows Daiichi Sankyo, Seagen and Roche are currently three of the market's most important players.
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AstraZeneca’s tezepelumab and dapagliflozin accepted for use in Scotland
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)’s acceptance means eligible patients across the UK can now benefit from AstraZeneca's Tezspire (tezepelumab) for severe asthma and Forxiga (dapagliflozin) for chronic heart failure.
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AstraZeneca appoints new EVP of BioPharmaceuticals R&D
Former Senior Vice President, Head of Research and Product Development of Alexion, will succeed Mene Pangalos as Executive Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals R&D at AstraZeneca.
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Approval expanded for generalised myasthenia gravis medicine
Extended EU approval of Soliris to paediatric generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG) patients is based on Phase III data which demonstrated improvement in disease severity through 26 weeks.
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ADC demonstrates meaningful survival data for HER2 cancers
Topline data from a Phase II trial signify a significant step forward for ENHERTU® (trastuzumab deruxtecan) in its potential to provide a new option in HER2 expressing cancers.
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Beyfortus approved for US infants against RSV disease
The only monoclonal antibody approved for passive immunisation to protect infants in their first RSV season has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Small molecule treatment reduces risk of death by half in NSCLC
Astrazeneca’s small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor reduced the risk of death by 51 percent in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a major Phase III study has shown.
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EPR Podcast 19 – Collaboration in microbiology – Allison Scott, Lynn Johnson and Miriam Guest, M³ Collaboration
In this podcast, Allison Scott, Lynn Johnson and Miriam Guest discuss how cross-industry collaboration through working groups can support adoption of modern microbial methods.
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First NICE-recommended treatment for chronic heart failure
In final draft guidance, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended dapagliflozin (Forxiga) for patients with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction.
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RWE shows efficacy of nirsevimab for infant RSV
New real-world data “adds to the evidence that use of long-acting monoclonal antibody [nirsevimab] may prevent moderate to severe respiratory syncytial virus disease” in infants after single dose.
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NICE guidance recommends olaparib for breast and prostate cancers
PARP inhibitor olaparib has been recommended in NICE’s final draft guidance for early breast cancer and advanced prostate cancer.
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First mild asthma combination reliever approved in UK
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the first dual-combination, inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta2-agonist reliever therapy for mild asthma.
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MHRA approves prostate cancer combination therapy
The first PARP inhibitor to show clinical benefit with a new hormonal agent in first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer has been granted UK approval.
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UK partnership set to revolutionise oligonucleotide manufacture
CPI, AstraZeneca, Novartis, and The University of Manchester will collaborate to facilitate large-scale manufacture of oligonucleotides.
