Charity to help patients fight on for bowel cancer drugs
January 29, 2007NICE's decision not to recommend bowel cancer drugs on the NHS has left campaigners in fighting mood.The institute says Roche's …
Pharma’s eastern promise
January 29, 2007Sales and Marketing China, India
Thanks to spiralling costs, increasing regulation and the ever-present threat of litigious action, it is hardly surprising that pharma companies …
More than 250 UK jobs axed as Pfizer downsizes
January 26, 2007Sales and Marketing
Pfizer's UK salesforce is likely to be in the front line following the company's decision to slash more than 250 …
Packer Forbes scoops GSK Tycerb account
January 26, 2007Medical Communications GSK, Packer Forbest
London-based agency Packer Forbes Communications has won its first breast cancer account, to promote GlaxoSmithKline's potential blockbuster, Tycerb.The agency beat …
Patient experience survey is discredited says BMA
January 26, 2007A row is brewing between doctors and the Department of Health over a major survey aimed at gauging patients' experiences …
Lucentis approved in Europe
January 26, 2007Sales and Marketing Lucentis, Novartis
European regulators have approved Novartis’ Lucentis, a new treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, known as wet AMD.The company says …
Januvia set for EU approval
January 26, 2007Sales and Marketing
Januvia, the first in a new class of diabetes treatments, is set for approval in the European Union.Marketed by Merck …
Merck Serono picks Huntsworth for infertility work
January 26, 2007Medical Communications Huntsworth
Newly merged biopharmaceutical company Merck Serono has awarded Huntsworth Health the UK account for one of biggest selling drugs.The agency …
Exubera approval limited to needle-phobic patients
January 26, 2007Sales and Marketing Exubera, NICE, Pfizer, diabetes, inhaled insulin
Diabetes patients who are genuinely needle-phobic will be among the few to be given Pfizer’s inhaled insulin product Exubera on …
New website to promote patient choice
January 24, 2007patients
A new one-stop shop website is to be created to help NHS patients choose the best services for them.Plans to …
How happy are your workers?
January 22, 2007Business Services HR, recruitment
Companies that get their working policies right not only tend to be more successful, they also make my job as …
NICE authority hangs in the balance ahead of court ruling
January 22, 2007A High Court judge is poised to decide whether the first ever legal challenge to NICE guidance can go ahead …
Pfizer ponders over-the-counter Viagra
January 22, 2007Sales and Marketing OTC
Viagra, the original erectile dysfunction wonder-drug could soon be available from pharmacies across Europe if its manufacturers apply for an …
Vectura buys Innovata
January 22, 2007Research and Development biotech, vectura
Pulmonary product development in the UK has received a boost following the takeover of drug developer Innovata by biotech company …
Novartis readies Prexige for osteoarthritis launch in Europe
January 22, 2007Sales and Marketing prexige, safety
Novartis will launch Prexige in its first European markets outside the UK next year following its EMEA approval for osteoarthritic …
Work to begin on new NHS cancer strategy
January 22, 2007The government is to work with doctors, nurses, cancer charities and others to draw up a new Cancer Reform Strategy …
Wellcome Trust issues first grants to encourage drug discovery
January 19, 2007Research and Development
The first awards have been made in the Wellcome Trust's £91 million, five-year plan for novel drugs to tackle obesity, …
AZ and Lilly set to follow Pfizer on supply chain
January 19, 2007Manufacturing and Production counterfeits
Two major pharma companies could be set to follow Pfizer in using a single supply chain distributor of their medicines …
Minister’s promotion of statin switching proves controversial
January 19, 2007The government says GPs could help save the health service £85 million a year by switching patients on branded statins …
Fast-track ‘not a soft option’ says NICE
January 19, 2007The head of NICE's drug appraisal process has said the institute's new fast-track system is not a "soft option" through …
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