Lilly acquires SGX Pharma and drug discovery platform
July 9, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech
Lilly is to buy SGX Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company that specialises in cutting-edge technology which helps drug discovery and design. …
Industry seeks strict anti-counterfeiting measures
July 9, 2008Manufacturing and Production parallel trade
European pharma leaders have proposed a series of tough new measures to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering the supply chain. …
Scottish marine biotech founder wins entrepreneur award
July 8, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Scotland, biotech
The chief executive of an innovative marine biotechnology company has been named Scottish entrepreneur of the year in healthcare. Dr …
Novo Nordisk among UK’s Great Places To Work
July 8, 2008Business Services Novo, careers
Three pharmaceutical companies have this year been ranked inside the top 50 places to work throughout the UK. Novo Nordisk, …
How to be a Career Chameleon
July 7, 2008Business Services recruitment, strategy
As anyone working in the pharma industry knows, the industry is transforming, and fast. Four key changes are having an …
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July 7, 2008Sales and Marketing
Pharmaceutical companies must adapt to changing market dynamics in 2008Pharma companies face growing competition from generics, increasingly tough pricing and …
Almirall expands its horizons
July 3, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, COPD, Spain
Almirall has been Spain's number one pharmaceutical company for some years, but is still little known outside its home market. …
Shire to buy up German biotech
July 3, 2008Sales and Marketing MA, biotech
Shire is set to acquire German biotech firm Jerini, in a bid to expand its portfolio of treatments for rare …
Geoff Hurst lends support to prostate cancer campaign
July 3, 2008Medical Communications patients
A new campaign highlighting the inequality of treatment in men with prostate cancer has been launched with the help of …
AstraZeneca wins vital Seroquel battle
July 3, 2008Sales and Marketing AZ, generics, psych
Anglo-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca has scored a vital victory in defending the patent on its blockbuster drug Seroquel. A US …
Pfizer declares revolution in US medical education funding
July 3, 2008Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CME, US, ethics
A revolution in the funding of continuing medical education is on the cards after Pfizer declared it would no longer …
The NHS: Sixty years of conflict and compromise
July 2, 2008Sales and Marketing Aneurin Bevan, NHS
The headline of the Evening Standard reads: “The Doctors say No! 89% against present plan”. Is this the reaction to …
Let’s build on 60 years of the NHS and pharma working together
July 2, 2008ABPI, NHS, Richard Barker, nhs 60 years
Ever since Aneurin Bevan launched Britain’s fledgling health service in 1948, the UK-based pharmaceutical industry and the NHS have stood …
A faster NICE and a ‘right’ to drug access in NHS Constitution
July 1, 2008Sales and Marketing NICE
The problem of access to new cancer treatments and other medicines is to be addressed as part of the newly …
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June 30, 2008Sales and Marketing
Can technology diminish reliance on heart transplants?Growing risk factors in an ageing population have driven the rising prevalence of heart …
Darzi review must present a ‘clear vision’ of reform
June 27, 2008hc
Ministers must clearly explain what NHS reforms are meant to achieve if they want them to succeed, according to an …
Lilly launches television campaign for ED awareness
June 27, 2008Medical Communications
Lilly is to launch a groundbreaking erectile dysfunction awareness campaign, specifically targeting younger men who tend to neglect the problem. …
NICE budget to be ‘significantly increased’
June 27, 2008Sales and Marketing
The government is to significantly increase NICE's budget to allow it to take on more work, according to the watchdog's …
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