Giving patients more choice
April 15, 2004You might be forgiven for having missed the launch of Labour's new policy statement on patient choice, Building on the …
Aventis invites Novartis ‘white knight’ bid
April 7, 2004Aventis has formally invited Swiss rival Novartis into merger talks, but still needs to convince the French government of the …
Lilly’s ‘Le Weekender’ gaining ground on Viagra
April 7, 2004Eli Lilly's Cialis is rapidly winning market share from Viagra, Pfizer's trailblazing erectile dysfunction (ED) drug, which is now starting …
Another April revolution to transform the NHS
April 7, 2004For the second time in three years, the National Health Service has undergone an April revolution through the major re-engineering …
Crestor hits ‘a bump in the road’ as BMS study backfires
April 6, 2004AstraZeneca's Crestor has suffered a setback in the US as its share in the highly competitive statin market fell back …
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 …
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