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Pursuing new paths in targeted protein degradation drug development

European Pharmaceutical Review

DRUG DEVELOPMENT based on targeted protein degradation (TPD) has progressed rapidly since the publication in 2015 of three landmark papers 1-3 that highlighted important early-stage breakthroughs with drug-like molecules in this area of research.

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Collaborations between pharma and academia increase

European Pharmaceutical Review

Pharmaceutical companies who contributed to the survey include AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK. Pharmaceutical companies who contributed to the survey include AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and GSK. Moreover, 70 percent of undergraduate placements fell within R&D and manufacturing.

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Teva appoints Eric Hughes as head of R&D and Chief Medical Officer

European Pharmaceutical Review

Dr Eric Hughes joins Teva with experience in all phases of drug development at global pharmaceutical companies, most recently Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which he joined last year. He will be based out of Teva’s US headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey. . Dr Hughes earned his MD and PhD at Yale School of Medicine.

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Gilead wins patent battle with US government over HIV PrEP drugs

Pharmaceutical Technology

This marks a significant development in a tumultuous dispute between the pharmaceutical company and the US government. In November 2019, the government sued Gilead over the company’s alleged patent infringement of the two PrEP drugs Descovy and Truvada.

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Lilly to pay more than $180mn for defrauding US Medicaid Program

European Pharmaceutical Review

We took on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, and one of the largest law firms in the world, and we won. million) in 2015 , also for knowingly underpaying Medicaid rebates. Dan Miller of Walden Macht & Haran, lead counsel to Streck, commented on the decision: “The jury has spoken.

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Ex-Merck & Co scientist accused of stealing trade secrets could face jail

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In a document outlining the charges against Shafat Quadri, of North Potomac, Maryland the US Department of Justice (DoJ) referred only to “one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world” based in New Jersey.

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PAN-TB’s Phase II trials take a shot at shorter TB regimens

Pharmaceutical Technology

This guidance is in line with the WHO’s End TB Strategy, which aims for an 80% fall in worldwide TB incidence and a 90% decrease in TB deaths by 2030, compared with 2015. Sequella is a US-based pharmaceutical company that develops antibiotics to address drug resistant infections.