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12 December, 2018

Advances in therapies directed to lymphocytes in systemic lupus erythematosus

Source: immedicohospitalario.es Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multifaceted and extremely variable clinical manifestations, characterized by relapses and outbreaks followed by periods of […]
4 December, 2018

More than 130,000 patients participate in 3,000 clinical trials in Spain

Source: Laverdad.es Spain has become the second country in the world where more clinical trials are carried out, only surpassed by the United States, the hegemonic […]
29 November, 2018

Farma-Biotech promotes nine projects on innovative drugs

Source: redaccionmedica.com Different Spanish biotechnology companies and research groups presented on Wednesday a total of nine advanced innovative drug development projects to representatives of 17 national […]
22 November, 2018

INCLIVA shows the possible improvement of atherosclerosis through a molecule

Source: actasanitaria.com Researchers from the Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clínico de Valencia (INCLIVA) have shown that a molecule used to treat cancer, called PD033299, […]
20 November, 2018

Novartis works with 50 molecules in the development of new CART therapies

Source: redaccionmedica.com The great results obtained with CAR-T therapies in cancer patients in whom chemotherapy has failed have focused the day ‘Towards a greater knowledge of […]
16 November, 2018

Astra Zeneca presents new indications on the benefits of Brilique

Source: redaccionmedica.com AstraZeneca has presented new analyzes of the Pegasus-Timi 54 trial in the framework of the Scientific Conferences of the American Heart Association. These findings […]
15 November, 2018

EMA publishes a report on the impact of Brexit on the authorization of medicines

Source: actasanitaria.com A day after knowing the draft agreement on Brexit that last Tuesday, November 13, reached the European Union (EU) and the British Government, the […]
8 November, 2018

Europe approves a new indication for Xtandi, from Astellas, for prostate cancer

Source: actasanitaria.com The European Commission has approved a new indication of enzalutamide, a drug whose trade name is Xtandi and which was registered by the pharmaceutical […]
5 November, 2018

Enhance R & D and protect intellectual property, petitions from the pharmaceutical industry to Europe

Source: actasanitaria.com In order to highlight the priorities of the sector when there are just over seven months left for the next European elections, a manifesto, […]
30 October, 2018

The AEMPS publishes new features in the treatment of drug registration dossiers

Source: actasanitaria.com The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has published the news regarding the submission of requests for regulatory activities of medicines for […]
25 October, 2018

Cataluña allocates 9.5 million to Peris, its health innovation plan

Source: redaccionmedica.com The government has approved this Tuesday for 9.550.000 euros to attend the 2019 call for grants of the Strategic Plan for Research and Innovation […]
23 October, 2018

New advances in the treatment of head and neck tumors

Source: immedicohospitalario.es Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab improves survival in patients with head and neck cancer that has recurred or metastasized according to the most recent results of […]
19 October, 2018

Gilead increases its commitment to research in Spain targeting HIV

Source: redaccionmedica.com The biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences continues its commitment to research in our country, this time, developing a project to achieve the cure of HIV. […]
18 October, 2018

Breast cancer: the industry leads the research of 169 new drugs

Source: redaccionmedica.com Currently, the pharmaceutical industry has a total of 169 new drugs against breast cancer in the clinical research phase, a disease that encompasses the […]
16 October, 2018

Success of the first trial of Opsumit (Actelion) in portopulmonary hypertension

Source: redaccionmedica.com Actelion Pharmaceuticals has announced the results of the first randomized controlled trial in portopulmonary hypertension (HTPP). This study has shown that Opsumit (macitentan) significantly […]
10 October, 2018

Europe approves Verzenios, from Lilly, for the treatment of advanced breast cancer

Source: actasanitaria.com The European Commission has authorized the commercialization of Verzenios (abemaciclib), from the pharmaceutical company Lilly, as a treatment of locally advanced or metastatic breast […]
8 October, 2018

Genetic mutations also alter the nature of clinical trials

Source: immedicohospitalario.es New ways of researching and developing drugs, in their most advanced oncological aspects, urge health administrations, hospitals, patients and their organizations, Research Ethics Committees […]
5 October, 2018

VHIO develops a precision immunotherapy for breast cancer

Source: redaccionmedica.com Researchers at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona have achieved that immunotherapy attacks only the tumor cells of a type of […]
3 October, 2018

Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018 for cancer immunotherapy

Source: IntraMed The American James Allison and the Japanese Tasuku Honjo have won the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018. The jury of the Karolinska Institute in […]
26 September, 2018

EMA gives a positive opinion to Gilenya, from Novartis, for minors with multiple sclerosis

Source: actasanitaria.com The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the approval of the drug Gilenya (fingolimod), […]
21 September, 2018

ISCIII will represent Spain in the largest research appointment in Europe

Source: redaccionmedica.com The director of the Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII), Raquel Yotti Álvarez, in charge of the head of the Spanish delegation at the opening […]
18 September, 2018

Lilly Foundation awards a study of protein kinase in liver disease

Source: Actasanitaria.com Within the framework of the 41st Annual Congress of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), which is being held in Santander, […]
13 September, 2018

AstraZeneca Foundation encourages young talent with 80,000 euros

Source: redaccionmedica.com The AstraZeneca Foundation, in collaboration with the Carlos III Health Institute, has announced the winners of the IV Young Researchers Awards, a recognition that […]
14 March, 2018

Clinical Trials Area of the Hospital Pharmacy Service

Distefar, considera que las funciones que se llevan a cabo en el servicio de farmacia hospitalaria, dentro del entorno de un estudio con medicamentos, son fundamentales […]
2 October, 2023

Decentralisation of trials, networking and digitisation, proposals to improve patient participation in clinical research

The 7th Congress of Patients’ Organisations, organised by the POP, analyses the application of the new European Regulation on Clinical Trials. Farmaindustria’s director general, Juan Yermo, […]
26 September, 2023

More than 120 molecules in Alzheimer’s research, the great hope for patients, families and society

The vast majority of them are aimed at modifying the course of the disease, according to an Iqvia report on the future of R&D. In Spain […]
19 September, 2023

The pharmaceutical industry’s plan to expand clinical trials in primary care

Only 7.5% are carried out in health centres. In order to alleviate this situation, Farmaindustria has presented a programme to promote them in outpatient clinics. Source: […]
14 September, 2023

Health commitment to the pharmaceutical industry’s Strategic Plan to avoid losing 8,000 million euros

“We are going to create a favourable environment”. This statement by José Manuel Miñones is the first step towards a roadmap that would highlight the key […]
12 September, 2023

Improving patient access to innovative medicines and boosting R&D and manufacturing in Spain are the main priorities of the pharmaceutical industry

“We must take advantage of the opportunity provided by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU to include health, medicines and the innovative pharmaceutical […]
25 July, 2023

The rise of combination therapies in cancer opens up an opportunity for patients, but requires improved access procedures

Over the next five years, the number of cancer treatments consisting of more than one drug will double, with 68 authorisations expected to be granted The […]
18 July, 2023

The 22nd Meeting of the Spanish Pharmaceutical Industry will focus on the reform of European legislation and its impact on Spain

The forum, organised by the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) and Farmaindustria, will be held on 7 and 8 September in Santander Patient representatives, drug authorities, […]
10 July, 2023

The pharmaceutical industry, one of the most value-added sectors in Europe

The sector invests 41.5 billion euros in research and directly employs some 840,000 people 300 billion, exports ¤565 billion and contributes ¤175 billion to the EU-27 […]
4 July, 2023

Pharmaceutical companies set a record for investment in collaborations with the healthcare system through R&D and support for lifelong learning

Last year, the sector contributed 313 million euros for organisations and healthcare professionals to participate in research and development activities for new treatments For the eighth […]
27 June, 2023

Spain, a global power in clinical trials

One out of every three tests carried out in Europe takes place in Spain. Investment has grown by 5.3% annually since 2011, to almost 800 million […]
19 June, 2023

“We must bring clinical trials closer to the patient’s home, and for this, research in primary care is vital”

The associate director of Clinical and Translational Research at Farmaindustria, Amelia Martín Uranga, explained at a forum organised by the POP that work is already underway […]
30 May, 2023

XVI ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

On 23 May, part of the Distefar team attended the biomedical research technology platform. The opening was a conference by Juan José Vaquero, entitled “Strategy for […]