Avastin trial recruitment suspended after patient deaths
February 16, 2006Research and Development
Roche has stopped recruiting colon cancer patients who have undergone surgery to a trial of Avastin after four suddenly died.The …
WHO calls for action on counterfeits
February 16, 2006Manufacturing and Production
The World Health Organisation has called for 'immediate concrete' action against counterfeit medicines, which it says pose serious and sometimes …
Woman loses Herceptin court case
February 16, 2006Breast cancer patient Ann Marie Rogers has lost her court battle to be prescribed Herceptin on the NHS, in what …
Merck files novel diabetes drug Januvia
February 16, 2006Sales and Marketing
Merck has filed an innovative new diabetes treatment with the US regulator, and hopes the drug could be one of …
Working with NHS priorities
February 16, 2006Patients, health professionals and even some politicians have said it, now chief medical officer Nigel Crisp has confirmed it in …
Safety scare spells the end for Exanta
February 15, 2006Sales and Marketing
AstraZeneca is to abandon its novel anti-blood clotting drug Exanta after concerns emerged about its long-term safety.Just two years ago, …
Wyeth joins search for promising TLR drugs
February 15, 2006Research and Development
A new collaboration between Wyeth and an Irish biotech company is to investigate the potential of 'toll like receptors', which …
Reaching new heights in branding
February 15, 2006Sales and Marketing
The pharma industry has come a long way from the days when it believed that products were all about safety …
Talman and Crozier launch new PR agency
February 14, 2006Medical Communications
Two senior healthcare PR executives have launched Just:: a new agency which they say will redefine the traditional client/agency relationship.Emma …
Abbott suspended from ABPI over sleaze
February 10, 2006Sales and Marketing ethics
All expenses paid trips for doctors to see greyhound racing, visits to Wimbledon centre court and even a lap dancing …
More Tamiflu released for UK areas hit by seasonal flu
February 10, 2006Sales and Marketing
Extra supplies of anti-viral treatment Tamiflu are to be made available in areas of the UK suffering from high levels …
GSK looks ahead to surge of products in 2006
February 10, 2006Sales and Marketing
GlaxoSmithKline has unveiled strong growth in sales and earnings in 2005, and is preparing for a series of key filings, …
GSK’s research chief leaves for Gates Foundation
February 9, 2006Research and Development
GlaxoSmithKline's head of research and development Tachi Yamada is to leave the company, having been recruited by Bill Gates to …
Doctors warn on new medical assistant proposals
February 9, 2006Doctors have warned that patients may be confused by new non-medically trained assistants, who the government want to carry out …
Pfizer considers sale of OTC division
February 8, 2006Sales and Marketing
Pfizer says it is considering selling off its consumer medicines division as part of a new drive to improve flagging …
Big drop in animal rights attacks
January 31, 2006Sales and Marketing
The number of attacks by animal rights extremists saw a significant fall in 2005, with new laws introduced during the …
Europe approves first ever biotech generic
January 30, 2006Sales and Marketing
Europe's medicines regulator has approved Sandoz's Omnitrope, the world's first generic equivalent or 'biosimilar' of an existing biotech drug.Patents on …
Merck battling more lawsuits over Vioxx
January 27, 2006Sales and Marketing
Merck says that it will conduct a vigorous defence in the lawsuit brought by the family of Leonel Garza, who …
‘Break even culture’ must end, Hewitt tells NHS
January 27, 2006Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has unveiled the strategic and financial framework for the NHS in 2006/7, re-stating the government's pledge …
Humira becomes Britain’s first biotech blockbuster
January 26, 2006Research and Development
The UK biotech company which discovered rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira has hailed its success after sales passed the $1 billion …
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