Side-effect caution to delay Tyverb

March 19, 2008
Research and Development

GlaxoSmithKline has informed regulators in the US and Europe that a small number of patients taking its new breast cancer …

Industry doubts government commitment to innovation

March 19, 2008
Sales and Marketing

The government has unveiled high plans to make the UK a world leader in innovation, but the pharmaceutical industry remains …

Practice based commissioning and NICE workshops launched

March 14, 2008

The impact of practice-based commissioning (PBC) on how NICE guidance is implemented will be explored in a series of regional …

Celgene buys up Pharmion

March 14, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Specialist biopharma company Celgene has bought Pharmion for $2.9 billion in a bid to become a global leader in haematology …

Spend NHS surplus on out-of-hours, say primary care leaders

March 14, 2008

Primary care leaders have called for some of the predicted billions in the NHS budget surplus to be spent on …

Workshops to bring together industry and NHS researchers

March 14, 2008
ABPI

The pharma industry and interested NHS researchers will come together in a new initiative aimed at increasing and accelerating clinical …

Why should we listen to you?

March 12, 2008
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing industry relations, marketing, stakeholders

Last month, Pharmafocus showed how market access can be a platform to build a cohesive strategy that brings together sales, …

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March 12, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Type 2 diabetes driving epidemic Type 2 diabetes poses one of the greatest public health threats of the 21st century. …

Abbott to work on Tarceva diagnostic

March 12, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Abbott is to develop a diagnostic test for Tarceva to identify patients who could most benefit from the lung cancer …

Lilly decision spells end for inhaled insulin

March 12, 2008
Research and Development

Regulatory problems and doubts about commercial potential have led Lilly to abandon its late-stage inhaled insulin product. The AIR insulin …

New laws will oblige pharma to release data

March 7, 2008
Sales and Marketing

The UK government has pledged to introduce new legislation that will require pharmaceutical companies to disclose all data from clinical …

GPs reluctantly agree to extend hours

March 7, 2008

General practitioners across the UK have voted to accept new working hours that will see surgeries open on Saturday mornings …

Efexor successor approved in US

March 7, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Wyeth's Pristiq, a refined version of its top-selling depression treatment Efexor, has been approved in the US. Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) delivers …

Renovo wounded by cosmetic drug setback

March 7, 2008
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

UK biotech company Renovo has received disappointing clinical trial results for its new anti-scarring and wound healing drug Juvista. The …

Frontline doctor to lead UK diabetes strategy

March 7, 2008

Dr Rowan Hillson has been appointed the new national clinical director for diabetes. Dr Hillson is a consultant physician and …

NICE’s approach to benefits and costs to be reviewed

March 7, 2008
Sales and Marketing

The pharmaceutical industry has welcomed plans to review how NICE assesses the benefits and costs of drugs, with the hope …

Diabetes nurses would cut emergency admissions

March 7, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Specialist nurses could help to cut the number of diabetes patients being admitted to hospital as emergency cases, a new …

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March 5, 2008
Sales and Marketing

APP Pharma granted approval for generic anticancer drug APP Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from the FDA of its abbreviated …

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