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10 January, 2023

“Spain is one of the European countries with the greatest potential for the manufacture of medicines”

The pharmaceutical industry in Spain has a total of 103 production plants, a figure that rises to 173 when active ingredients and veterinary medicines are added […]
20 December, 2022

The pharmaceutical industry reinforces its commitment to Spain and sets a new record in R&D investment, with 1,267 million euros

The figure reached in 2021 is 9% higher than in 2020, when, despite the pandemic, the sector achieved the second best record in its history up […]
13 December, 2022

Revolutionary therapy targets the most serious cancers by ‘doping’ the immune system

A Dutch team has developed a cell therapy for metastatic melanoma that improves on the current standard. Source: elespanol.com Researchers in the Netherlands and Denmark have […]
12 December, 2022

Farmaindustria promotes the creation of a working group to promote clinical trials in primary care

Representatives of scientific societies, public administrations, researchers and pharmaceutical companies make up the group. Clinical research at this level of care has a great opportunity for […]
1 December, 2022

AEMPS Bulletin November 2022 on medicinal products for human use

Source: actasanitaria.com This report outlines the medicines already assessed by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), which are considered to be of greatest interest […]
21 November, 2022

New drugs associated with a 29% reduction in cancer deaths in Spain in a single year

A study by Professor Lichtenberg of Columbia University attributes up to 96% of the increase in life expectancy in cancer patients and a high degree of […]
15 November, 2022

Europe is losing weight in R&D investment in new drugs in the face of US and China’s drive

A report by the European Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry (Efpia) insists that our continent has lost 25% of its weight in this area in the […]
10 November, 2022

“There must be a national commitment for Spain to remain at the forefront of clinical research”.

Increased international competitiveness and digitalisation will require more investment in infrastructure and resources to ensure that our country remains at the forefront of biomedical R&D Source: […]
27 October, 2022

Multiple sclerosis patients interested in clinical trials

Farmaindustria explains to Esclerosis Múltiple Euskadi what these studies consist of, how to take part in them and how research into this pathology is progressing Source: […]
25 October, 2022

The pharmaceutical industry leads the world in R&D investment: it now exceeds 200 billion a year

Aerospace and defence investment is eight times higher than in the aerospace and defence industry, seven times higher than in the chemical industry, and twice as […]
17 October, 2022

Biomedical R&D advances in the aftermath of the pandemic: the pharmaceutical industry has 8,000 drugs under investigation, 10% of them for rare diseases

Oncology, infectious diseases, neurology, haematology and endocrinology are the areas with the highest number of clinical trials with new treatments underway. Seven out of ten molecules […]
27 September, 2022

Argentinean health authorities and pharmaceutical industry are interested in the keys to Spain’s leadership in clinical research

Farmaindustria explains to some twenty experts some of the policies and initiatives that have made Spain an international benchmark in clinical drug trials Source: farmaindustria.es Representatives […]
19 July, 2022

More training and information to move towards excellence in clinical trials in Spain

Farmaindustria organises workshops with representatives of the Spanish Data Protection Agency and the Spanish Medicines Agency to continue working on the implementation of the new Code […]
24 June, 2022

Farmaindustria highlights the consolidation of Spain’s leadership in biomedical R&D, within the Strategic Plan of the Pharmaceutical Industry

In the framework of its General Assembly, held in Madrid Source: www.actasanitaria.com In the framework of its General Assembly, held in Madrid, Farmaindustria has highlighted, this […]
13 June, 2022

How research into new medicines changes people’s lives

Representatives of patients’ associations, researchers and experts in health economics debate in the newspaper El Español on the link between health, the economy and the well-being […]
10 June, 2022

The digital transformation of biomedical research must be deployed with full safeguards for patients

The creation of the European Health Data Space is emerging as a great opportunity to boost R&D for new medicines. Public-private collaboration, once again, at the […]
9 June, 2022

Clinical trial succeeds in eliminating cancer in all participants

For the first time in the history of medicine a drug completely kills all patients’ tumours Source: www.larazon.es It’s called dostarlimab, it’s an experimental cancer drug, […]
21 April, 2022

“Our code of conduct on data protection in clinical trials and pharmacovigilance is a benchmark for the future European code”.

Farmaindustria’s self-regulation document is the focus of a scientific meeting organised by the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy.   Source: www.farmaindustria.es Less than a month ago […]
22 March, 2022

Hospital Puerta de Hierro joins a clinical trial that could change the paradigm of lung cancer

Source: www.immedicohospitalario.es The Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, led by the Head of the Medical Oncology Department, Dr. Mariano Provencio, is participating in an international […]
18 February, 2022

High intratumoural heterogeneity of endometrial cancer revealed

Source: www.immedicohospitalario.es Spanish researchers have just published a study that unravels the high intratumoural heterogeneity present in the different subtypes of endometrial cancer (serous and endometrioid) […]
14 February, 2022

CNIO, scientific leadership in oncology research

Source: www.immedicohospitalario.es It is among the top 10 cancer research centres in the world and among the top two in Europe. Since its creation in 1998, […]
9 February, 2022

The new European harmonization of clinical trials, an opportunity to attract more investment to Spain

Since yesterday, the new Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) has been operational, which centralizes processes with the aim of speeding up these studies Our country starts […]
3 February, 2022

Spain can benefit from the new European harmonization of clinical trials

The new Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS), which centralizes processes with the aim of speeding up these studies, is now operational Source: www.actasanitaria.com With the entry […]
24 January, 2022

Seven out of ten drugs in clinical development are ‘first in class’.

A report on the research pipeline of global pharmaceutical companies highlights the importance of this ‘first-in-class’ share for patients with unmet medical needs. It captures notable […]
13 December, 2021

“The pandemic has shown that more Autonomous Communities can host clinical trials of drugs, which is hopeful for many patients”

More than 50% of the trials with new treatments are currently concentrated in Madrid and Barcelona Spain, a benchmark in clinical research, should also bet on […]
17 November, 2021

The AEMPS publishes the memorandum of ethics committees for drug research

Source: www.actasanitaria.com The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has published the ‘Memorandum of collaboration between the ethics committees of research with medicines (CEIm) […]
4 November, 2021

The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Madrid inaugurates one of the largest Phase I Clinical Trials units in Europe

Source: www.immedicohospitalario.es The foundation works to eradicate cancer worldwide through clinical research, teaching and information to the population This Wednesday, November 3, MD Anderson Cancer Center […]
21 June, 2021

Farmaindustria estimates the investment in 2020 of pharmaceutical companies in research at 39,000 million

Source: www.actasanitaria.com Farmaindustria, the employers’ association of the innovative pharmaceutical industry in Spain, has highlighted the role of this sector in Europe “as one of the […]
8 June, 2021

The medicine, health, social and economic value

Biomedical innovation cannot be considered an expense, but rather an investment that redounds in the medium and long term in health systems and in society as […]
21 May, 2021

The investment of the pharmaceutical industry in R&D grows in 2020 despite the pandemic

Via: www.consalud.es The pharmaceutical industry investment in R&D has increased during 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, but the productivity of clinical trials remains below average. This […]
19 March, 2024

The health sector, essential for the well-being of the population and an economic engine for society

fundacionidis.com The ecosystem of the private healthcare sector transcends the field of healthcare and has an impact on society and on the productive sectors of the […]
7 March, 2024

Spain takes, on average, two years to approve a drug for a minority disease

There are 146 orphan drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency. Spain has only 81 in its catalogue. It has rejected funding for 25 and is […]
5 March, 2024

22% of clinical trials underway in Spain seek new treatments for rare diseases

Research into new drugs for rare diseases has multiplied in recent years. In Spain, industry drives 90% of clinical trials for this type of disease. One […]
13 February, 2024

The Andalusian Regional Government and Farmaindustria will promote R&D&I in health with a special focus on the promotion of clinical trials.

In a press release, the Andalusian Regional Government highlights the joint commitment of both entities to continue advancing in the promotion of R&D&I, following the meeting […]
8 February, 2024

Spain is the country with the highest participation in clinical trials of new drugs in Europe

Of the 1,944 clinical trials authorised in the European Union through the new European Information System, Spanish centres participated in 845, or 43% of the total. […]
6 February, 2024

Europe calls latest cancer drugs “significant progress” for health

The European Medicines Agency has thus identified nine oncology approvals for 2023. The arrival of new treatments is directly linked to the pharmaceutical industry’s commitment to […]
2 February, 2024

The Innovative Medicines Platform sets its roadmap for 2024 with the aim of turning Spain into a major biomedical innovation hub

The Technological Platform for Innovative Medicines – whose Coordination Committee is made up of 10 representatives from the pharmaceutical industry and 10 representatives from public research […]
1 February, 2024

A common catalogue of biomarkers in the National Health System is a great step forward for patients because it improves access to personalised medicine.

Farmaindustria welcomes the presentation by the Ministry of Health of the harmonised catalogue of genetic tests for the whole country. For this catalogue to become a […]
30 January, 2024

Frank R. Lichtenberg, Professor at Columbia University: “Life expectancy of cancer patients in Spain has increased by almost three years in the last decade thanks to the use of innovative drugs”.

The US expert unpacked the data from his study on the relationship between pharmaceutical innovation and cancer mortality in Spain between 1999 and 2016 in a […]
15 January, 2024

FDA approves 55 new drugs in 2023, one of the highest numbers in a decade

Infectious diseases, neurological diseases, type 2 diabetes in children, oncology and cardiac disorders are just some of the areas that benefited from the innovation drive last […]
11 January, 2024

The Distefar team is environmentally conscious and switches from buying single-use plastic bottles to glass bottles.

8 January, 2024

The pharmaceutical industry, a strategic sector for Spain and Europe

“We are the industrial area that invests the most in R&D, a productive and exporting engine”. larazon.es Developing and producing new medicines for society is both […]