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September 4, 2008
Research 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, 2008
Medical 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, 2008
Research 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, 2008
Sales 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, 2008
Research 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, 2008
NHS, 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, 2008
Sales 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, 2008
Sales 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, 2008
Sales 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, 2008
Sales 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 …

Suiters approach Protherics

August 21, 2008
Sales and Marketing BTG, Protherics

UK biopharmaceutical company Protherics has received approaches from a number of companies interested in acquiring the biopharmaceutical company. The company …

Oxford BioMedica spurns takeover approach

August 21, 2008
Sales and Marketing Oxford BioMedica, biotech

Oxford BioMedica has unanimously rejected two takeover offers from GeneThera, saying the US firm was "not a credible bidder". The …

Europe’s largest academic health research partnership created

August 21, 2008
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing hc

Five British medical research centres and hospitals have come together to create a new academic health science partnership, the largest …

Drug regulation: still room for improvement

August 15, 2008
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drug safety, medicines act

This year is a bit of a jamboree of health-related anniversaries, with the NHS celebrating 60 years and the Medicines …

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