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NHS chiefs call for more honesty about service cuts

October 10, 2011
NHS, NHS reforms

The NHS Confederation has called on the government to be more open about cuts to the health service. The government …

News

Latest Priorclave Compact Autoclave Design to

October 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

Despite this comprehensive range of laboratory autoclaves there is always someone who wants something different and that is exactly what …

News
Press release

PRIORCLAVE AUTOCLAVES SHIP OUT EARLY TO AFRICA

October 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

The order called for a total of seventy-two top-loading, 150L capacity steam sterilisers with high output/low power steam generators built-in. …

News
Press release

Delivering an effective forecasting process

October 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing

It’s surprising how many companies struggle to deliver an effective forcasting process despite the millions spent on supply chains.    Accurate …

Feature
Thought Leadership
MediKidz' haemophilia comic

Novo Nordisk sponsors haemophilia comic

October 7, 2011
Medical Communications Novo Nordisk, haemophilia, medical communications news

Novo Nordisk is sponsoring an educational comic about haemophilia for young sufferers of the blood disorder in the UK. It …

News

The Scott Partnership acquires Phoenix Marcom

October 7, 2011
Medical Communications Scott Partnership, medical communications agency

Cheshire-based The Scott Partnership has acquired Phoenix Marcom, boosting its reach into the European market. The Cambridge, UK scientific marketing …

News
Novartis

Novartis cuts Lucentis price amid growing pressure

October 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing Lucentis, wet AMD

Novartis has been forced to cut the Swiss price of its eye drug Lucentis by 30% after sharp negotiations with …

News
Boehringer

Boehringer signs away HIV rights to focus on hep C

October 7, 2011
Research and Development Boehringer, Gilead, HIV, hepatitis C

Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a deal giving Gilead Sciences exclusive worldwide rights to a major part of its HIV portfolio. …

News

Mary Hicks joins TogoRun

October 7, 2011
Medical Communications TOGORUN EUROPE ANNOUNCES SENIOR HIRE, appointment, medical communications

TogoRun has appointed Mary Hicks as a director at its London office.She joins the agency from Clew Communications, where she …

Appointment

UK funding boost for early-stage research

October 7, 2011
Research and Development NIHR, UK science

The government has established a new research institute to aid public and private groups working on the early stages of …

News

Department of Health appoints new comms director

October 6, 2011
Medical Communications appointment, medical communications

The Department of Health has appointed Sam Lister, currently health editor at The Times, as its new director of communications. …

News

Actavis plans ‘major’ sales expansion in Latin America

October 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Actavis, emerging markets, generics

Swiss company Actavis has launched a new business unit to target the fast-growing Latin American generics market. Mirroring the branded …

News
European Parliament

EMA tightens conflict of interest rules

October 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA

The European Medicines Agency is tightening up its conflict of interest rules with a new ‘experts database’. This will allow …

News

Merck appoints new chief strategy officer

October 6, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development, sales and marketing

Cuong Viet Do has joined Merck & Co as chief strategy officer, replacing Mervyn Turner who retired from the US …

Appointment

Call for open access to all clinical trial data

October 6, 2011
Research and Development Cochrane, clinical trials, clinical trials analysis

There should be free access to all clinical trials in order to end selective reporting, according to a leading not-for-profit …

News
Merck Serono

Merck KGaA signs MS and cancer research deal

October 5, 2011
Research and Development Merck KGaA

Merck KGaA has signed development deals with Japanese firm Ono Pharmaceutical Co around two investigational treatments, one for multiple sclerosis …

News
NICE headquarters

NICE to review wider use of off-label prescribing

October 5, 2011
Sales and Marketing off label, off label prescribing

The government has asked NICE to review its plans to give doctors greater freedom for ‘off-label’ prescribing. It wants NICE, …

News

Blocking pain – a long-term mission for pharma research

October 5, 2011
Research and Development chronic pain, neuropathic pain, pain therapeutics

Pain is a common, yet complex, clinical problem and one which remains an area of unmet need. There are however, …

Feature
sm

Steve Mott joins DrugLogic

October 5, 2011
Research and Development appointment, outcomes research, personalised medicine, pharmacovigilance, research and development

Former Datapharm Communications chief executive Steve Mott has been apppointed UK managing director by DrugLogic.The US firm develops analytical tools …

Appointment

Contract research news in brief

October 5, 2011
Research and Development research and development news

Clinipace raises $15m, PPD appoints a new chief executive and there are updates from Quintiles, PharmaNet and DaVita Clinical Research. …

News
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