More states defy FDA warnings on re-imports
January 15, 2004A number of states and cities are drawing up plans to import medicines from Canada in open defiance of the …
New patient forums launch recruitment drive
January 8, 2004New bodies intended to give patients and the public a greater say in their local health service have been launched …
Exanta ready for launch across Europe
January 7, 2004AstraZeneca's new blockbuster candidate Exanta has been approved in France for the prevention of blood clots in major orthopaedic surgery.The …
Prescribing indicators included in PCT ratings overhaul
January 7, 2004The performance indicators used to calculate the star ratings of trusts in England have been given a major overhaul following …
Elan sells European sales and marketing business for $120 million
January 5, 2004Elan
Debt-laden Irish pharma company Elan has sold its European sales and marketing business to Medeus – a new pharma company …
New GP contract ready for local negotiation
January 5, 2004The final details of the new general medical services (GMS) contract have been agreed by the government, PCT and doctors' …
Get out of the ‘arms race’
December 16, 2003Sales and Marketing sales, sales force, strategy, technology
As healthcare consumers take more responsibility for their health, analysts predict the dynamic between the traditional pharma sales force, healthcare …
Pfizer hits out at SSRI ruling
December 15, 2003Sales and Marketing
Pfizer has criticised new UK guidance advising doctors that Prozac is the only SSRI anti-depressant safe to prescribe to children.The …
Elan to sell European assets
December 12, 2003Sales and Marketing Elan
Indebted Irish pharmaceutical company Elan has confirmed that it is in talks to sell part of its European operations.The company …
Pharma companies to licence AIDS drugs
December 12, 2003Sales and Marketing
Cheaper AIDS drugs should soon be available in South Africa after two pharma companies agreed to licence their products to …
Outlook bright for generics
December 11, 2003Sales and Marketing generics
Traditionally the US has been seen as the most attractive location for generics players with a combination of market fragmentation, …
Recruitment bounces back
December 8, 2003Business Services recruitment
News for the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors may be pretty glum at the moment, but recruitment into both sectors is …
Government promotes private access to Tamiflu
December 8, 2003Sales and Marketing
The government has proposed making Roche's flu drug Tamiflu available to more patients through a private prescription from their GP.The …
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