Roche strengthens autoimmune franchise with arthritis drug deal
June 28, 2007Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Roche has added a novel treatment for rheumatoid arthritis to its early stage pipeline, one it says has the potential …
FD acquires independent PR agency Sante
June 27, 2007Medical Communications
Financial communications consultancy FD has snapped up one of the UKs largest independent healthcare PR and med ed agencies.The acquisition …
Perfect pitch: has your salesforce got it?
June 25, 2007Sales and Marketing sales, strategy
Back in the 70s, pharmaceutical sales reps were detail men. They spent more time giving details to doctors about their …
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June 22, 2007Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NSCLC, Novartis, Pfizer
Novartis receives FDA approval for blood pressure medicineNovartis has been granted final FDA approval for Exforge, its high blood pressure …
Tories plan to put GPs in driving seat
June 21, 2007The Conservative party has unveiled its vision for the NHS, including the scrapping of targets, the creation of an independent …
World Media awards for TVF’s rep training package
June 21, 2007Medical Communications
TVF Communications has scooped a brace of gold awards at the World Media Festival for its e-learning programs for Sanofi-Aventis' …
Non-chicken egg flu vaccine gets European go-ahead
June 21, 2007Manufacturing and Production
Optaflu has gained European approval for use against seasonal influenza. The Novartis drug is the first flu vaccine which does …
GSK commits milions of pounds to new imaging centre
June 21, 2007Research and Development
The largest new imaging centre in Europe – an £83 million collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Imperial College London and the …
GSK highlights new oncology drugs
June 20, 2007Research and Development
GlaxoSmithKline has provided investors with details of a number of new oncology drugs it aims to launch over the next …
Super-rep: working with the new NHS
June 20, 2007Sales and Marketing NHS, sales, strategy
Every year could be called a watershed year for the NHS – it seems that constant change and reinvention is …
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June 19, 2007Sales and Marketing
Lilly launches research effort to fight TBEli Lilly has announced the creation of a public-private partnership to conduct early-phase discovery …
NICE set to block blindness drugs
June 15, 2007Sales and Marketing AMD, Lucentis, Macugen, NICE
Most patients in England and Wales will be denied access to drugs for the leading cause of sight loss if …
Generic firm Dr Reddy’s opens its first European R&D base
June 15, 2007Sales and Marketing
Dr Reddy's Laboratories plans to become an R&D-based company are picking up pace with the opening of its first European …
Independent NHS idea won’t work, says Hewitt
June 15, 2007NHS
Patricia Hewitt has dismissed the idea of making the NHS fully independent from politicians, first proposed by Gordon Brown a …
FDA committee scotches Acomplia’s prospects
June 15, 2007Sales and Marketing
The future of Sanofi-Aventis' potential blockbuster Acomplia has been dealt a serious blow after an influential committee of FDA advisers …
Moore’s Sicko stirs controversy
June 13, 2007Sales and Marketing
Michael Moore's latest film opens at cinemas this month and has predictably raised passions with its critical dissection of the …
Avandia scare casts doubt over its future for Alzheimer’s
June 13, 2007Sales and Marketing Avandia, diabetes, safety
New safety warnings about cardiovascular side-effects seen in patients taking Avandia have cast a shadow over the drug’s future as …
ProStrakan begins pan-European launch campaign with Tostran
June 11, 2007Sales and Marketing
ProStrakan has unveiled Tostran in the UK, the first in a pan-European programme of product launches.Tostran is a testosterone replacement …
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June 8, 2007Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Accorda enrols first patient in phase III MS studyAcorda Therapeutics has begun a second phase III clinical study of Fampridine-SR …
Scientists hail new gene discovery a landmark
June 7, 2007Research and Development
DNA samples from 17,000 people across the UK have helped a consortium of scientists to pinpoint genes responsible for diseases …
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