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Venomous snail provides Eisai with new painkiller

July 7, 2006
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Patients suffering severe chronic pain have new hope of relief thanks to a venomous sea snail found off the coast …

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Scotland NHS appoints first private provider

July 6, 2006

Scotland's health service is set to appoint its first private provider to cut surgery waiting times, following the controversial policy …

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CRM and keeping up with your customers

July 6, 2006
Sales and Marketing CRM, customer relationship management, sales

Customer relationship management systems are now universally used by major pharmaceutical companies, in fact many have several.Evolving from their beginnings …

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Patents: extending the golden years

July 5, 2006
Sales and Marketing patents, sales, strategy

Much like death and taxes, one of the certainties of this world is that patents expire, and if a product …

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Hepatitis B treatment Baraclude approved in Europe

June 30, 2006
Sales and Marketing

A new hepatitis B treatment Baraclude has been approved in Europe and could eventually become a first-line choice thanks to …

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Acomplia launched in UK

June 29, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Acomplia, the long-awaited weight-loss drug from Sanofi-Aventis has been launched in the UK, and promises to help patients shed pounds …

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Generic company fails to overturn Lipitor patent in UK

June 29, 2006
Sales and Marketing generics

A legal challenge to overturn Pfizer's UK patent on its top-selling cholesterol treatment has failed.Lipitor is the biggest selling drug …

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New COPD standards to tackle inequalities

June 29, 2006
Sales and Marketing

New national standards for the treatment of one of the biggest killers in the UK have been launched, with a …

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Gene therapy: the tailor-made treatment

June 28, 2006
Research and Development drug development, gene therapy

 At the risk of boring my audience, I really can't help beginning with yet another attack of nostalgia ,or rather …

Feature

Calling up reinforcements

June 28, 2006
Business Services interim management, recruitment

In the pharmaceutical industry outsourcing has never enjoyed greater popularity and all the indications are that this trend is set …

Feature

New drug for treatment-resistant HIV approved

June 28, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Prezista, a new drug for patients who have treatment-resistant HIV, has been approved in the US.The treatment from Johnson & …

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Novartis to market new vaccine for Japanese encephalitis

June 28, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Novartis has licensed the marketing rights to a phase III vaccine from Intercell for Japanese encephalitis virus infections. The vaccine …

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J&J buys Pfizer consumer health division for $16 billion

June 27, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson is to buy Pfizer's consumer health division for more than $16 billion, a move which …

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Novartis buys Manchester-based biotech and superbug drugs

June 21, 2006
Research and Development

UK biotech NeuTec is to be acquired by Swiss pharma giant Novartis which says the company's two anti-infective drug candidates …

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Schering-Plough named in top 50 best places to work in UK

June 20, 2006
Business Services careers

Schering-Plough UK has been named as one of best places to work in the country, based on a survey of …

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Study shows Inegy scores over its rival Crestor

June 19, 2006
Sales and Marketing

A head-to-head study on the combination cholesterol-lowering drug, Inegy, has shown that it could be more effective than one of …

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Bayer clinches Schering purchase

June 16, 2006
Sales and Marketing

The tussle between Merck KGaA and Bayer for control of fellow German pharma company Schering has been settled, with Merck …

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Ringing the changes in pharmaceutical sales

June 16, 2006
Sales and Marketing sales, strategy

Every business and every market is unique, but there is a huge expanse of common ground when it comes to …

Feature

Galvus could offer hope to difficult-to-treat diabetes patients

June 16, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Galvus, a new antidiabetic drug that appears to limit the weight gain and fluid retention which often occurs with other …

News

GPs launch scathing attack on health service reforms

June 16, 2006

Government reforms and targets for the health service have come under a scathing and comprehensive attack from general practitioners, who …

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