Medical magazines most useful form of communication, say GPs
April 6, 2004A new survey of GPs shows they find medical publications to be the most useful of all media – results …
Contract underway but GPs gloomy about the future of health service
April 6, 2004The long-awaited new General Medical Services contract has arrived, with the majority of general practices in the UK now working …
New ‘harmonising’ NHS watchdog begins work
April 6, 2004'Inspecting, informing, improving' is the motto of the new watchdog for both the NHS and private healthcare facilities.
How your customers see you
April 6, 2004When looking at the performance of new products there are many reasons for their possible success. Perhaps GPs hooked into …
Amgen pipeline boosted by $1.3bn Tularik acquisition
April 5, 2004US biotech Amgen is to buy gene regulation specialist Tularik in a move that will add five drug candidates to …
US accused of blocking generics AIDS drug plan
April 5, 2004Aid agencies are claiming that plans to provide antiretroviral treatment for millions of people with HIV are being undermined by …
Size isn’t everything
March 30, 2004Pharmaceutical company sales teams have grown significantly in size over the last few years the – figures vary, but by …
New antidepressant warnings in US and Britain
March 25, 2004New warnings about the prescribing of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) class of antidepressants have been issued in the …
Bayer feels cost of restructuring
March 25, 2004German pharmaceutical company Bayer has posted the biggest losses in its history after paying a hefty price for restructuring the …
Solvay and Altana to swap detailing time
March 25, 2004Altana Pharma and Solvay Healthcare are to launch a novel 'time-swap' co-promotional agreement to make the most of their salesforces' …
France pours cold water on Novartis talks
March 25, 2004Merger talks between Swiss pharma company Novartis and Franco-German Aventis could be in jeopardy after the French government indicated its …
New code for journals in wake of MMR conflict of interest
March 19, 2004MMR, journals
A new code of conduct has been drawn up for medical journals to help uncover conflicts of interest which could …
