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November 20, 2007Research and Development
Aeterna completes enrollment for Phase II trial of lung cancerAeterna Zentaris has completed patient recruitment for its European multi-center Phase …
Prexige pulled from UK market
November 20, 2007Sales and Marketing prexige
Novartis' Prexige has been taken off the market and UK doctors instructed to immediately stop prescribing it following several instances …
Private sector schemes axed
November 16, 2007NHS, private sector
Poor value for money and improvements in the NHS have forced a number of planned private sector schemes to be …
Rules on patient groups to change
November 16, 2007Medical Communications ethics
UK pharma companies have until next July to conform to new rules aimed at making their relations with patient groups …
New software aims to cut hospital admissions
November 16, 2007Doctors and clinicians will have access to a free new computer program that can help them reduce the number of …
J&J unveils new ‘comprehensive care’ strategy
November 16, 2007Sales and Marketing
Johnson & Johnson is to re-model its business operations into more customer-focused units, including a 'comprehensive care' arm that will …
GSK scales back US health warnings for Avandia
November 15, 2007Sales and Marketing
GlaxoSmithKline will update US labelling for its diabetes treatment Avandia to state there is no conclusive evidence linking it to …
Remicade loses out in ankylosing spondylitis
November 15, 2007Sales and Marketing TNF
NICE has rejected Schering-Plough's Remicade as a treatment for the debilitating form of spinal inflammation known as ankylosing spondylitis.The Institute …
Merck to pay $4.9 billion to end Vioxx claims
November 15, 2007Sales and Marketing Vioxx, safety
Merck looks set to pay $4.9 billion in a settlement for the thousands of people claiming injury after taking its …
Sanofi and Acambis to collaborate on West Nile virus
November 13, 2007Sales and Marketing vaccines
Acambis has struck a deal with Sanofi Pasteur to co-develop and co-market a vaccine for West Nile disease, a serious …
New leadership study to advance women in pharma
November 9, 2007Business Services careers, customer relationship management
New research has been undertaken to help more women reach senior roles in the pharmaceutical industry. The study, carried out …
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November 9, 2007Sales and Marketing
BioView and Transgenomic sign distribution agreement BioView has licensed Transgenomic to distribute its family of scanning and analysis workstations in …
Blood loss drug suspended over safety fears
November 9, 2007Sales and Marketing
A drug used to prevent excessive blood loss during surgery could be causing deaths in patients, and has been suspended …
Liver problems delay Galvus launch
November 9, 2007Sales and Marketing reg, safety
The European launch of new diabetes drug Galvus could be delayed by up to six months after small but significant …
Conservatives renew call for independent NHS
November 9, 2007The Conservative party says the NHS must be freed from 'political tinkering' in order for it to focus on improving …
Pharmacy encouraged to play greater clinical role
November 9, 2007hc, primary
The role of pharmacists as frontline NHS clinicians is being promoted by the work of a key committee. The government …
Slow progress on hospital waiting lists
November 9, 2007A key target to cut waiting times for operations looks unlikely to be hit by the NHS, prompting the government …
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