BMA rails against polyclinics

May 30, 2008

Doctors have come together to attack plans to introduce polyclinics to London, claiming the reforms are not proven to improve …

Merck’s odanacatib shows promise in cancer

May 30, 2008
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Merck's odanacatib (MK-0822) has shown promising results in phase II trials in treating breast cancer which has spread to bones. …

Groundbreaking pharma-NHS collaboration launched in Nottingham

May 30, 2008
ABPI, ABPI Outreach Programme, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, COPD, GlaxoSmithKline, INFORCE, Nottingham, Nycomed, Pfizer, joint working

A group of pharmaceutical companies have joined forces with Nottingham healthcare services to help improve care for patients with chronic …

7 principles in marketing to the new NHS

May 28, 2008
Sales and Marketing NHS, healthcare, marketing

Developing a successful market access strategy has become the Holy Grail for brand teams across the UK pharmaceutical industry.

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May 28, 2008
Sales and Marketing em, hc

Potential lung cancer epidemic looming in AsiaLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality throughout much of the industrialized …

Lilly unveils streamlined business structure

May 22, 2008
Sales and Marketing lilly, restructure

A simplified and slimmed-down corporate structure has been unveiled by US pharmaceutical firm Lilly, which says it hopes to cut …

Cervical cancer awareness campaign launched

May 22, 2008
Medical Communications

PR agency Consolidated has been hired to help publicise the forthcoming NHS cervical cancer immunisation programme. The Department of Health …

MPs back hybrid embryo research

May 22, 2008

Research using 'hybrid' human/animal embryos has been given the green light by MPs. Politicians, including the Labour and Conservative leaders, …

Gardasil or Cervarix? Government decision imminent

May 22, 2008

A decision on which of the two vaccines for cervical cancer will be used in the nationwide immunisation campaign is …

Pfizer signs diabetes and cancer partnership with biotech

May 21, 2008
Research and Development

Pfizer has announced an alliance with US biotech Five Prime Therapeutics, in a move to boost its pipeline and become …

Being ‘bumped’: the new alternative to redundancy

May 21, 2008
Business Services careers, recruitment, redundancy

 The pharmaceutical industry is currently in the midst of major restructuring, with many of the sector’s leading companies in the …

Latest news from Datamonitor

May 21, 2008
Sales and Marketing generics

Cash-strapped governments and patent expiries fuel generics growth The increase in cost-limiting measures used by governments and a constant stream …

BGMA leader plans push for more generic prescribing

May 21, 2008
Sales and Marketing generics

The new leader for the UK generics industry has promised to step up its bid to see more off-patent drugs …

Electronic patient records face four-year delay

May 20, 2008

Plans to give every NHS Trust in England access to an electronic patient records system have been condemned for raising …

Ask doctors about your treatment, patients told

May 20, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Patients would benefit by getting more involved with their treatment, asking questions and raising concerns with their doctors, according to …

European approval for GSK’s bird flu vaccine

May 20, 2008
Sales and Marketing

GlaxoSmithKline has won approval from European regulators for the first ever pre-pandemic vaccine. Prepandrix is based on the currently circulating …

Should I stay or should I go?

May 16, 2008
Business Services career, planning, recruitment

You have been bored lately. You don't believe you can progress in your career any further at your present company. …

Patient experience to influence hospital payment

May 16, 2008

Hospitals could be paid according to the quality of care and how well operations are performed, as part of efforts …

Plavix faces generic challenge in Germany

May 16, 2008
Sales and Marketing Germany, generics

Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb are feeling the heat from a Swiss drugs company which intends to market a generic version …

Pfizer invests in oncology for future gains

May 16, 2008
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer

Pfizer has named Garry Nicholson as head of its new global oncology unit, a venture the company believes will bring …

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