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New European rules on patient groups come into force

July 11, 2008
Medical Communications ethics

Pharmaceutical marketers across Europe have a new set of rules to follow if they want to work with patient groups. …

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Boehringer re-shuffles senior management roles

July 11, 2008
Sales and Marketing

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New customers in the new NHS

July 10, 2008
Sales and Marketing NHS, industry relations, marketing

No-one in pharmaceuticals or the NHS needs to be told their world is changing dramatically. The proof is all around, …

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Doctors back review of NHS ‘co-payment’

July 10, 2008
Sales and Marketing

UK doctors have voted in favour of allowing patients to pay privately for treatments unavailable on the NHS, but continuing …

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NICE rejects GSK’s Tyverb

July 9, 2008
Sales and Marketing

GlaxoSmithKline's Tyverb is the latest high-cost cancer treatment to be rejected by the medicines watchdog NICE. Using the breast cancer …

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Lilly acquires SGX Pharma and drug discovery platform

July 9, 2008
Research 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. …

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Industry seeks strict anti-counterfeiting measures

July 9, 2008
Manufacturing and Production parallel trade

European pharma leaders have proposed a series of tough new measures to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering the supply chain. …

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Scottish marine biotech founder wins entrepreneur award

July 8, 2008
Research 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 …

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Novo Nordisk among UK’s Great Places To Work

July 8, 2008
Business Services Novo, careers

Three pharmaceutical companies have this year been ranked inside the top 50 places to work throughout the UK. Novo Nordisk, …

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How to be a Career Chameleon

July 7, 2008
Business 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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Latest news from Datamonitor

July 7, 2008
Sales and Marketing

Pharmaceutical companies must adapt to changing market dynamics in 2008Pharma companies face growing competition from generics, increasingly tough pricing and …

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Almirall expands its horizons

July 3, 2008
Research 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. …

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Shire to buy up German biotech

July 3, 2008
Sales and Marketing MA, biotech

Shire is set to acquire German biotech firm Jerini, in a bid to expand its portfolio of treatments for rare …

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Geoff Hurst lends support to prostate cancer campaign

July 3, 2008
Medical Communications patients

A new campaign highlighting the inequality of treatment in men with prostate cancer has been launched with the help of …

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AstraZeneca wins vital Seroquel battle

July 3, 2008
Sales 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 …

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Pfizer declares revolution in US medical education funding

July 3, 2008
Medical 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 …

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The NHS: Sixty years of conflict and compromise

July 2, 2008
Sales 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 …

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Let’s build on 60 years of the NHS and pharma working together

July 2, 2008
ABPI, 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 …

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A faster NICE and a ‘right’ to drug access in NHS Constitution

July 1, 2008
Sales 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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One problem, many solutions: understanding European healthcare

June 30, 2008
Sales and Marketing Europe, healthcare, marketing

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