Communiqué 2020 – winners announced!
The competition's first ever virtual awards ceremony racked up over 1,400 live views
3rd July 2020
Latest news
King's receives £1m grant for mental health centre
The Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People will bring together the world’s leading experts in clinical care and research
3rd July 2020
Partnership gets £4.4m gov grant for better liver diagnostics
The partnership includes Perspectum, the Universities of Manchester and Birmingham, Roche Diagnostics, GE Medical Systems and Jiva.Ai
3rd July 2020
FDA approves ViiV's novel HIV treatment Rukobia
60% of heavily treatment-experienced patients achieved undetectable viral load after taking the drug
3rd July 2020
Sanofi, Regeneron pull plug on Kevzara COVID-19 trial
The drug failed to show any significant benefit in patient requiring mechanical ventilation
3rd July 2020
Communiqué winners unveiled today in first ever digital ceremony
Watch the show from 4pm at pmlive.com/cxhealth
2nd July 2020
EUSA Pharma bags US approval for COVID-19 trial
Siltuximab is a monoclonal antibody that directly neutralises interleukin (IL)-6, an inflammatory cytokine
2nd July 2020
NIHR's CRN supports record number of commercial studies
The NIHR CRN supported 1,580 commercial studies in 2019/20
2nd July 2020
J&J's Ebola vaccine wins EU approval
This marks the first major regulatory approval of a vaccine developed by Janssen
2nd July 2020
ViiV selects projects for HIV/COVID-19 response fund
ViiV received more than 400 applications from across the world, with eligible submissions coming from Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and the US
1st July 2020
US approves Bavencio for bladder cancer
In a clinical trial, Bavencio maintenance treatment extended median overall survival by 50% over standard of care
1st July 2020
CMA imposes £1.2m fines for price-fixing in private eye care
Consultant ophthalmologists at Spire hospital conspired to fix prices for private consultations
1st July 2020
Vertex signs 'landmark' deal with NHS for CF therapy
CF patients in England will be among the first in Europe to benefit from access to Kaftrio, if the medicine is approved by the EC
1st July 2020
Cambridge spin-out PharmEnable raises £1.8m for drug discovery
The funds will enable in-house drug discovery across a number of therapeutic areas including cancer and neurodegeneration
30th June 2020
Pfizer links with SidekickHealth for digital health solution
The collaboration hopes to empower patients to take more control of their own health
30th June 2020
