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Roche to cut 780 production jobs

January 21, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Roche, restructure

Roche will shed 780 production jobs over the next two years as it continues to streamline its manufacturing operations, but …

News

Roche celebrates 100 years in the UK

January 21, 2009
Sales and Marketing Roche

Roche has marked the centenary of the opening of its UK office by raising £20,000 for a local charity. To …

News

New sales and marketing models

January 21, 2009
Sales and Marketing marketing, sales, strategy

These are challenging times for pharma as regulatory reform, intense financial pressures and an increasingly complex network of stakeholders are …

Feature

What it takes to be a European marketing manager

January 20, 2009
Business Services, Sales and Marketing Europe, brand manager, management, marketing, recruitment

Moving from a country-specific marketing role to a European marketing role can open up a whole new career path and …

Feature

College Hill opens office in San Francisco

January 20, 2009
Medical Communications College Hill

Communications consultancy College Hill has expanded its international reach by opening an office in San Francisco. The group specialises in …

News

Sutent to be first to benefit from NICE reform

January 20, 2009
Sales and Marketing NICE, par

Sutent and other rival treatments for renal cell carcinoma look set to be the first drugs to benefit from reforms …

News

Postcode prescribing to persist warn MPs

January 20, 2009
NHS, par

The draft NHS Constitution will not help end the postcode lottery surrounding access to drugs, the Health Select Committee has …

News

Revlimid talks confirm shift in approach to pricing

January 20, 2009
Sales and Marketing NICE, par

Celgene is in negotiations to agree a deal to make its cancer drug Revlimid more affordable to the NHS and …

News

Ratiopharm put up for sale after Merckle suicide

January 19, 2009
Sales and Marketing Teva, generics

German generics company Ratiopharm will be sold off following the death Adolf Merckle, its founder and chief executive. Merckle committed …

News

Chandler Chicco named European agency of the year

January 19, 2009
Medical Communications Chandler Chicco

Chandler Chicco has been named European Healthcare Consultancy of the Year in an annual review of the sector. The US-based …

News

New watchdog warns on NICE adherence

January 19, 2009
Sales and Marketing NICE, hc

The head of the new NHS standards watchdog has indicated that Trusts will be closely monitored for their adherence to …

News

Pfizer UK hints at disclosure of payments to doctors

January 19, 2009
Medical Communications ethics

The UK might soon follow US companies by publicly declaring payments made to opinion leaders. David Gillen, Pfizer UK's medical …

News

Senior Creative Appointments at LEC

January 16, 2009
Medical Communications

LANE EARL COX, one of the UK’s leading healthcare communications companies, is pleased to announce two senior appointments to its …

Appointment

FDA moves to make imports safer

January 16, 2009
Manufacturing and Production FDA, supply chain

The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up efforts to prevent counterfeit and contaminated  medicines entering the US, and is …

News

Why do people refuse job offers?

January 15, 2009
Business Services careers, recruitment

The consequences of a senior executive refusing a job offer at the final stage of the recruitment process can be …

Feature

Pfizer announces R&D job losses

January 15, 2009
Research and Development Pfizer

Jobs losses at Pfizer's research and development centre in Sandwich, Kent look a certainty after the company announced cutbacks to …

News

Pfizer launches anti-counterfeiting cinema advert

January 15, 2009

British cinemagoers are to be confronted with a hard-hitting advert warning them about the dangers of buying counterfeit medicines. Pfizer …

News

Doctors doubt benefits of OTC switches

January 15, 2009
Sales and Marketing OTC

A survey of doctors has found many doubt that patients benefit from more prescription-only drugs being made available over-the-counter. Some …

News

PCTs will struggle with Next Stage reforms, say MPs

January 15, 2009
Sales and Marketing NHS, hc, reform

Lord Darzi's forthcoming programme of NHS reforms will be hampered by PCT failings, according to MPs. The Health Select Committee …

News

Most GPs offering extended hours

January 15, 2009
NHS, primary

More than two-thirds of GP surgeries are now offering extended opening hours, according to official figures. The Department of Health …

News
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