GSK forms hypertension alliance
June 29, 2005Sales and Marketing
GlaxoSmithKline has formed a strategic alliance with an emerging pharma company to develop and commercialise novel compounds to treat hypertension …
FDA approves first ‘ethnic’ heart drug
June 29, 2005Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
The FDA has approved BiDil as a new treatment for heart failure in black patients, a group disproportionately affected by …
Woolley Pau wins Chiron campaign
June 29, 2005Medical Communications
Woolley Pau has been appointed by Chiron Biopharma Europe to work on a pan-European launch campaign, following a four-way pitch.A …
People Strategies launch
June 28, 2005Sales and Marketing
A new company has been launched to bring people and change management expertise to companies that are not able to …
Seven Stones expands into market research with Strata
June 28, 2005Medical Communications
Healthcare communications agency Seven Stones has launched a new market research company to be run by a former head of …
Public involvement part of Labour’s vision for primary care
June 28, 2005Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced plans for a major public engagement exercise to help make far-reaching changes to primary …
NHS chief executives call for an extension of patient choice
June 28, 2005An overwhelming majority of NHS chief executives believe patient choice should be extended to treatment as well as service providers, …
Roche’s Tarceva approaches EU approval
June 28, 2005Sales and Marketing
Roche's new oral cancer treatment Tarceva has received a recommendation from the EMEA's advisory committee, paving the way for its …
AstraZeneca’s defeat opens door to more challenges
June 24, 2005Sales and Marketing
Pharmaceutical companies found guilty of violating European antitrust laws can expect steeper fines than AstraZeneca, according to a leading law …
Side-effect doubts cloud future of Pargluva and Galida
June 24, 2005Sales and Marketing
A study comparing novel treatment Pargluva with a best-selling diabetes drug has yielded some positive results for the new drug, …
Acomplia filed in Europe and US
June 24, 2005Sales and Marketing
Sanofi-Aventis has submitted its new obesity treatment Acomplia to the European Union and US regulators.Even before its filing Acomplia (rimonabant) …
Novartis hails new MS pill as a breakthrough
June 23, 2005Sales and Marketing
Novartis says its new multiple sclerosis treatment is more effective than existing drugs in delaying the progress of the disease, …
Pfizer buys anti-infective specialists Vicuron
June 17, 2005Sales and Marketing
Pfizer has paid almost $2 billion for a US biopharmaceutical company with two promising anti-infective drugs.The acquisition of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals …
