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June 30, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Can technology diminish reliance on heart transplants?Growing risk factors in an ageing population have driven the rising prevalence of heart …

Darzi review must present a ‘clear vision’ of reform

June 27, 2008
hc

Ministers must clearly explain what NHS reforms are meant to achieve if they want them to succeed, according to an …

Lilly launches television campaign for ED awareness

June 27, 2008
Medical Communications

Lilly is to launch a groundbreaking erectile dysfunction awareness campaign, specifically targeting younger men who tend to neglect the problem. …

NICE budget to be ‘significantly increased’

June 27, 2008
Sales and Marketing

The government is to significantly increase NICE's budget to allow it to take on more work, according to the watchdog's …

Incentives lacking for NHS changes

June 26, 2008

The King's Fund has warned that there remain significant barriers to shifting the balance of healthcare to local settings. Despite …

NHS urged to tackle health inequalities

June 24, 2008

The government has published a set of detailed health profiles highlighting local health 'hotspots' in a bid to address the …

Global marketing and the shifting balance of power

June 23, 2008
Sales and Marketing US, global, marketing

As a marketer in the international pharmaceutical world, it is very likely that the brand we are responsible for has …

Chandler Chicco unveils market access unit

June 23, 2008
Medical Communications

Chandler Chicco has launched a new business unit specifically aimed at smoothing the route to market for new products. The …

GSK wins UK cancer vaccine contract

June 19, 2008
Sales and Marketing

The government has picked GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix as the sole vaccine for its forthcoming national cervical cancer immunisation programme. Cervarix has …

The cultural shift of key account management

June 19, 2008
Sales and Marketing key account management, sales

Key account management is a relatively new development in the pharmaceutical industry, but it is now being widely adopted as …

Ranbaxy to have exclusive Lipitor generic launch

June 19, 2008
Sales and Marketing generics

Ranbaxy has secured a highly lucrative out-of-court settlement with Pfizer that allows it to launch a generic version of Lipitor …

Better palliative care needed for cancer sufferers

June 19, 2008

A national audit of care received by people in England and Wales with oesophago-gastric cancer has concluded that care has …

Actimis could breath new life into Boehringer respiratory franchise

June 19, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Boehringer Ingelheim is to buy Actimis Pharmaceuticals and its pipeline asthma treatment in a deal that could be worth as …

Government and pharma strike new drug price deal

June 18, 2008
Sales and Marketing

The government and the pharmaceutical industry have reached an 'outline' agreement for the hotly anticipated revised Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. …

Government to review co-payment rules

June 18, 2008

The government is set to review its policy on 'co-payment' for medicines, which could enable patients to contribute towards the …

Restylane TV campaign a first for ‘cosmaceuticals’

June 18, 2008
Sales and Marketing Allergan, Eurocom, Restylane, disease awareness campaigns

The first European television adverts to promote a ‘cosmaceutical’ product have been broadcast in the UK.They feature Restylane, which is …

Quintiles and Parexel battle for ClinPhone

June 17, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Clinical trial software specialist ClinPhone is at the centre of a bidding war between two of the world's largest clinical …

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