European research centres unite to battle cancer
September 9, 2008Research and Development Cancer, EU, France, Netherlands, Sweden
Top oncology specialists across Holland, France and Sweden have formed a new alliance to improve cancer research and reduce treatment …
Danish court overturns Lipitor patent challenge
September 5, 2008Sales and Marketing Denmark, Lipitor, Pfizer, generics
A court in Denmark has ruled in favour of Pfizer in challenges to patents on the active ingredient – atorvastatin …
Pfizer to co-market new Alzheimer’s drug
September 5, 2008Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Pfizer
Pfizer is to partner with American firm Medivation to develop and market a new drug for Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.The …
Experts play down Inergy cancer risk
September 5, 2008Sales and Marketing Merck, cv
Heart specialists have told patients to continue taking Schering-Plough and Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug Inergy, despite a study indicating that it …
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September 4, 2008Research and Development Alzheimer's
Attention shifts from beta-amyloid to tau in the hunt for an Alzheimer's disease therapyIn years to come, scientists and pharmaceutical …
Living with the Code of Practice
September 4, 2008Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, UK, code, marketing, pharma
The 2008 edition of the ABPI Code of Practice came into force on 1 July and the industry is fairly …
The Pharmafocus Interview: Martin Dawkins
September 4, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, NICE, Xarelto, healthcare
Martin Dawkins is an Englishman born and bred, but has spent most of his career working abroad, including the US, …
Roche named and shamed for Code breaches
September 2, 2008Sales and Marketing ABPI, ethics
Roche has been named and shamed in the medical press for breaching the ABPI's Code of Practice. Adverts about the …
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September 1, 2008Research and Development Pfizer
Pfizer: changes in R&D structure expected to increase number of late stage productsPharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced that it intends …
North West to pilot first regional allergy centre
September 1, 2008NHS, hc
The first of a new kind of NHS allergy centre will be developed by North West SHA as part of …
Scottish schools first to deliver new cancer jab
September 1, 2008Sales and Marketing Scotland, vaccines
Scotland's secondary schools will this week become the first in the UK to vaccinate female students against cervical cancer. It …
Meda acquires four Roche products
August 28, 2008Sales and Marketing Roche
Stockholm-based specialty pharma company Meda has bought four of Roche’s pharma products in a deal worth 120 million Euros – …
Call for universal Hepatitis B vaccination
August 22, 2008Sales and Marketing hepatitis
The pharma industry has joined up with patient groups to petition for universal Hepatitis B immunisation for all children in …
Boost for Pfizer’s Champix from NHS quit smoking report
August 22, 2008Sales and Marketing Champix, smoking
Pfizer's smoking cessation drug Champix is the most effective pharmaceutical aid to quitting, according to new figures. A report on …
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August 21, 2008Research and Development clinical trials, design, observational, phase III
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