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Heart failure drug Entresto ‘could save 28,000 lives a year’

New independent report looks set to boost sales of Novartis’ drug into blockbuster territory

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NICE backs five new drugs after discounts agreed

Includes Novartis’ previously rejected lung cancer and melanoma therapies Zykadia and Mekinist

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Takeda starts trial of norovirus vaccine

If approved the drug is anticipated to surpass sales of GSK’s Rotarix vaccine

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Circassia slumps as cat allergy vaccine fails late-stage trial

Has suspended several trials after an “unprecedented” placebo effect derailed leading drug candidate

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GSK’s triple COPD therapy tops Symbicort in phase III trial

Once-daily, single inhaler combination treatment showed “significant” improvement in lung function

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Ariad files early marketing application for brigatinib

Second-line lung cancer therapy could be on the market by early 2017

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FDA approves first cholera vaccine in US

PaxVax’s oral vaccine Vaxchora will be launched by September

Deal Watch May 2016

Novartis, Quintiles and Sanofi are among those featured in this month’s round-up of pharma deal activity

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GSK brings forward triple COPD therapy filing in US

Intends to file the three-drug respiratory therapy by the end of 2016

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Biogen and AbbVie bag FDA approval for multiple sclerosis drug

Once-monthly, self-administered Zinbryta ‘significantly’ reduces relapse rate

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Novartis says Cosentyx is ‘outpacing competitors’

Claims new psoriasis drug has almost a third of the market share in Germany alone

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Novartis pushes the accelerator with new Entresto trials

Looks to kick-start sales of its heart failure drug with new study programme

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