Radical change for NHS in Scotland
November 3, 2005Healthcare services across Scotland are to focus on preventative care as part of wide-ranging changes to NHS priorities in the …
Government retreat on handing over PCT services
November 3, 2005The government has retreated on plans for a mandatory opening up of primary care services to alternative providers.Health secretary Patricia …
Don’t blush…look before you flush’
November 3, 2005Medical Communications
Bowel Cancer UK has been launched with a new campaign to promote personal awareness of the disease that kills 16,000 …
Galliard wins GSK and Pfizer accounts
November 3, 2005Medical Communications
Galliard Healthcare Communications has won the global PR account for GlaxoSmithKline's Avodart and been appointed by Pfizer to handle UK …
Tamiflu’s frontline status a mixed blessing for Roche
November 3, 2005Sales and Marketing
Sales of Roche's Tamiflu have rocketed as governments around the world prepare for a potential pandemic, but its status as …
Waking up to new ways of training
November 3, 2005Business Services
From sales forecasts to the marketing mix, from business information to regulatory project management, there are as many training courses, …
GSK inspires more confidence than shaky AstraZeneca
November 1, 2005Research and Development
The UK's two pharma giants have posted strong growth in the third quarter, but investor doubts about AstraZeneca's long-term prospects …
National campaign promotes private healthcare
November 1, 2005Sales and Marketing
Six of the UK's biggest private hospital and health insurance companies have joined forces to promote the benefits of private …
Tropical disease research centre to open in Liverpool
October 31, 2005Research and Development
A new UK research centre specialising in the development of new tropical medicines has been given the go-ahead with £18 …
Campaigners dismayed at unworkable partial smoking ban
October 28, 2005Research and Development
Doctors and health campaigners have expressed their deep disappointment over the government's failure to introduce a complete smoking ban in …
UK patients invited to report side-effects
October 28, 2005Sales and Marketing
Members of the public will now be able to report adverse events in medicines direct to the UK watchdog through …
Merck and Schering-Plough lifted by cholesterol joint venture
October 26, 2005Sales and Marketing
A marketing alliance between Merck and Schering-Plough has given the troubled companies some positive news to report.Global sales of the …
Markets shocked by Pfizer sales slump
October 26, 2005Sales and Marketing
Pfizer, the pharma industry's powerhouse, has suffered a 52% slump in profits in the third quarter, undermining investor confidence in …
Marketing a high priority – but budgets still a battle
October 26, 2005Sales and Marketing
A survey of marketers across industry sectors has underlined the importance of their role but shows many have to battle …
Can the NHS become a world-class healthcare system?
October 25, 2005Sales and Marketing
Tony Blair and Labour were re-elected in May this year for an historic third-term, with the electorate telling pollsters they …
Oxford BioMedica’s lung cancer candidate shows promise
October 25, 2005Research and Development
A promising antibody developed by UK-based Oxford BioMedica is poised to enter clinical trials to treat lung cancer.The 5T4 antibody-targeted …
Pharma continues to invest in UK research and development
October 24, 2005Sales and Marketing Pfizer, R&D
UK pharma and biotech companies increased R&D investment by 4% in the last year, according to the latest government figures.The …
Blockbuster partnerships
October 21, 2005Research and Development
Since pharma'ps big wave of innovation during the early 1990s, peaking in 1996 when 131 new drug applications were filed …
Vaccine companies to compete for UK pandemic contract
October 20, 2005Sales and Marketing
Vaccine companies are to compete with each other to produce a vaccine against a potential pandemic flu – although no-one …
New approvals in TNF-blocker class
October 20, 2005Sales and Marketing
Competition in one of the industry's fastest growing markets is intensifying with new approvals for two TNF-blocker drugs.Schering-Plough and Centocor's …
