The UK has a strong history of innovation in medicines and it is vital to the economy that this continues …
Researchers at GlaxoSmithKline and two UK universities are working on a technology that could allow active pharmaceutical ingredients to be …

NHS Direct is piloting online decision aids to help patients suffering from osteoporosis or prostate cancer make informed healthcare choices. …
Janssen-Cilag has called in Virgo Health and Open Road to help boost the fortunes of its injectable antipsychotic drug Risperdal …

GlaxoSmithKline has acquired a leading Argentine pharma firm Laboratorios Phoenix in a move to make further inroads into Latin America. …
Closure of a manufacturing facility in France operated by Bristol-Myers Squibb could lead to shortages of an important treatment for …
Novartis’ oral MS therapy Gilenia has been boosted by an FDA committee’s unanimous recommendation for its approval. The drug is …
NDA, the leading European regulatory affairs consulting group, appoints Dr Panos Tsintis to its expanding panel of experts – the …
Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, commented, “A key benefit of Collaborative Technologies is the immediate access to current study information which …
The British Medical Association has put forward its own suggestions about how the NHS can save money, and says private …
Jenny Plant has been promoted to general manager of Publicis Life Brands Resolute, the coms agency formed through Publicis’ recent …
Market research firm The Research Partnership has made two appointments to its global network of offices. Philippe Pouliot has been …
AstraZeneca’s Zactima (vandetanib) will be filed with regulators later this year as a treatment for thyroid cancer after promising results. …
In recent years, there has been much debate about whether or not the use of stem cells in medical research …

Carl Icahn has won his battle with Genzyme to have his associates given a place on the company’s board.The US …
Wastewater from pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities is a major source of drug compounds in the environment, according to a new study …

A new online educational resource will offer researchers across the medical community access to peer-reviewed information on biomarkers. The portal …
NICE has rejected GlaxoSmithKline’s Revolade saying in draft guidance that the blood disorder drug’s benefits were unclear. The watchdog assessed …
Pfizer has appointed Dr Michael Ehlers chief scientific officer for neuroscience research. Dr Ehlers most recently served as the George …

NICE has issued final draft guidance restricting use of GlaxoSmithKline’s breast cancer drug Tyverb to clinical trials, citing high cost …