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Lipitor remains England’s biggest seller

April 24, 2006
Sales and Marketing

New figures for pharmaceutical sales in England and the rest of the world see the industry continuing to maintain growth, …

News

GSK unveils first of new virtual pipeline drug discovery alliances

April 24, 2006
Research and Development

Pharmacopeia, a small New Jersey pharmaceutical company will be the first to enter into a new kind of drug development …

News

Industry warns of worrying signs from NHS drugs bill

April 13, 2006

NHS spending on medicines has fallen in relation to its overall budget – just one of the many causes of …

News

Herceptin court victory for breast cancer patient

April 13, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Ann Marie Rogers has won her legal battle to gain access to breast cancer drug Herceptin, with an appeal court …

News

New marker points in the right direction for GSK heart drug

April 13, 2006

New research suggests a little-understood chemical in the human body could play a key role in causing heart attacks and …

News

Patients fight NICE over cancer fatigue drugs

April 12, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Patient groups are fighting to keep drugs available on the NHS, which they say help cancer patients recover after chemotherapy.NICE …

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Restructure will cut costs and improve NHS services, says Hewitt

April 12, 2006
Hewitt, NHS

 Health secretary Patricia Hewitt, has unveiled a map of the new NHS ‘architecture’, which she says will reduce NHS costs …

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Remicade to treat ulcerative colitis in UK

April 12, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Patients in the UK with ulcerative colitis could benefit from Remicade, the first new drug in years to be approved …

News

Wyeth to collaborate with Scottish universities on biomarkers

April 11, 2006
Research and Development

 Wyeth is to invest $86 million in a new collaboration with Scotland's leading medical researchers in a cutting edge area …

News

New GP surgery openings ‘quicker than Tesco’

April 10, 2006

The government says dozens of new GP surgeries will be opened over the next three years, bringing a broad range …

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Fears for UK clinical trials as antibody inquiry proceeds

April 10, 2006
Research and Development

The MHRA is to put together an expert group to examine the need for new safety measures in the wake …

News

Is Talent Unstoppable?

April 7, 2006
Business Services

A sales manager's job is not to grow sales – it is to grow successful sales people. Forget the days …

Feature

Lyrica to challenge antidepressants with new anxiety disorder approval

April 7, 2006
Research and Development

Pfizer's Lyrica is to go head to head with top-selling antidepressant drugs as it enters the market to treat generalised …

News

NHS lurches into new financial year with old debts and new challenges

April 7, 2006

The NHS has begun a new financial year amid considerable acrimony and massive disruption as many of its trusts grapple …

News

Novartis launch innovative leukaemia awareness campaign

March 30, 2006
Research and Development

Novartis has launched an innovative new campaign to raise awareness of leukaemia treatment among the UK's general practitioners; a move …

News

Novartis to develop Servier’s antidepressant for US

March 30, 2006
Research and Development

Novartis has signed a deal to develop and market Servier's new antidepressant and agomelatine for the US market.The drug has …

News

Novartis targets China with hepatitis drug

March 30, 2006
Research and Development

Novartis says trials of its new hepatitis drug in Chinese patients show it to be superior to standard treatment, in …

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Taxotere approved for stomach cancer in US

March 28, 2006
Research and Development

Sanofi-Aventis has won US approval to market its drug Taxotere as a treatment for stomach cancer, and says it is …

News

Nearly half of doctors unaware of industry Code of Practice

March 28, 2006
Sales and Marketing

Nearly half of all doctors are unaware that the UK pharmaceutical industry operates a code of practice, a new survey …

News

Investigation into UK medicines prices to continue

March 24, 2006

Competition watchdog the Office of Fair Trading is to continue its investigation into how prescription medicines are priced in the …

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