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Plans for greater transparency with KOLs

August 6, 2010
Medical Communications ABPI, BMA, Code of Practice, KOL, MHRA, PMCPA

Pharmaceutical companies in the UK will have to declare the amount of money paid to its healthcare professionals who act …

News

MSD launches asthma training resources

August 6, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing MSD, asthma, medical education, merck sharp and dohme, nurses

A new training resource aimed at helping primary care nurses manage asthma has been launched with funding from Merck Sharp …

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Aurora boosts team

August 6, 2010
Medical Communications Aurora, appointment, medical communications

London-based healthcare communications agency Aurora has boosted its team with two new appointments. Emma Ellwood (pictured) joins the company from …

Appointment

Shire profits from Genzyme woes

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing Shire

Specialist pharma company Shire has posted a set of strong results, thanks in part to the gains it has made …

News

Doctors reach online tipping point: is pharma ready to respond?

August 5, 2010
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMA, Doctors.net.uk, GMC, GPs, Lansley, doctors, medeconnect, professional network

 This article was originally published by PharmaPhorum in Spring 2010.  

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Health Professions Council appoints Doctors.net.uk

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing BMA, Doctors.net.uk, GMC, HPC, Lansley

Established to regulate fifteen different health professions, including groups as diverse as paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, clinical scientists, podiatrists/chiropodists and …

Appointment

Pharma Commitment to e-Marketing Grows

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing BMA, GMC, Lansley, digital, doctors, electronic marketing, marketing

A survey of pharma marketers has revealed growing commitment to e-marketing with online spend on the increase across the sector.  …

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Press release

1.6 Million Hours of Learning Delivered to UK Doctors

August 5, 2010
Medical Communications BMA, GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, doctors, ecme, edetail, elearing

Figures from Doctors.net.uk reveal a record number of doctors are turning to online learning to support their continuing professional development. …

News
Press release

Doctors.net.uk launches GP commissioning resource

August 5, 2010
Medical Communications GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, commissioning, doctors, healthcare reform

A dedicated online resource has been launched this week to help doctors deliver the new commissioning process announced in Andrew …

News
Press release

Doctors.net.uk Strengthens Pharmaceutical Team

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing Doctors.net.uk, GPs, doctors, marketing, medeconnect, pharma, sales

Doctors.net.uk, the UK’s largest and most active online network of healthcare professionals, has strengthened its pharmaceutical team with two appointments.  …

Appointment

Generic clopidogrel helps NICE recommend blood clot prevention

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing NICE, Plavix

NICE has given preliminary approval for wider use of Sanofi-Aventis’s Plavix and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Persantine to prevent blood clots. It …

News

Daiichi’s lung cancer drug progresses to phase III

August 5, 2010
Research and Development Daiichi, arq 197, arqule, lung cancer, phase III

Daiichi Sankyo and biotech firm Arqule are to move their lung cancer treatment ARQ 197 into phase III trials. The …

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Quintiles appoints Kevin Gordon finance chief

August 5, 2010
Research and Development Quintiles, appointment, research and development

Pharmaceutical services company Quintiles has named Kevin Gordon chief financial officer. He will have day-to-day responsibility for the company’s financial …

Appointment

Shire moves in on Movetis

August 5, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Movetis, Shire

Shire has made a €428 million offer for Belgium-based Movetis in a bid to grow its business in Europe and …

News

Austerity measures beginning to bite in Europe

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing Europe, economic climate, global pricing, price cuts

Major pharmaceutical companies are beginning to feel the direct effects of the austerity measures being introduced across Europe’s healthcare systems.Second …

News

NICE issues indicators for next QOF

August 5, 2010
NHS, qof

Diabetes, dementia and mental health top the list of new indicators to be considered for NICE’s next Quality Outcomes Framework …

News

NICE set to recommend chronic constipation treatment

August 4, 2010
Sales and Marketing Movetis, NICE, Resolor

NICE has provisionally recommended Belgium-based Movetis’s Resolor as an option for the treatment of chronic constipation in women where laxatives …

News

NHS challenged to become part of the ‘big society’

August 4, 2010
NHS

The government has called for more NHS staff to come up with ideas for social enterprises as part of its …

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Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

August 4, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Janssen, disease awareness campaigns, iphone, social media

This week’s roundup includes Janssen-Cilag’s YouTube success, FDA to boost social media work, Novartis iPhone profile, Pfizer on SlideShare and …

News

Wyeth acquisition boosts Pfizer results

August 4, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Pfizer, Q2

Pfizer’s second quarter results received a huge boost from the company’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Wyeth last October. Sales of …

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