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Survey: free NHS in ‘jeopardy’

March 31, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, MPs, NHS, coalition, confederation

A survey commissioned by the NHS Confederation suggests that nearly half of UK MPs believe an NHS which is free …

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GSK takes possession of Indonesian consumer healthcare unit

March 31, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GSK, Indonesia, bognor, emerging markets, insto, sarasvati

GlaxoSmithKline has acquired full ownership of its Indonesian consumer healthcare business in a transaction which also sees the company divesting …

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AstraZeneca and MRC partner for new UK facility

March 31, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cambridge, MRC, Willetts, silicon fen

AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council have entered into a ‘ground-breaking’ collaboration aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of human …

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Deepak Khanna: the legacy of an outgoing ABPI president

March 31, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Deepak Khanna, NHS, VBP, Whitehead, apbi, jonathan emms

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Deepak Khanna, the man who has overseen the activities of the ABPI for the …

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Portland Health hires director from Hanover

March 31, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hanover, Portland Health, a bpi, comms

Comms agency Portland Health has appointed Matt Worrall as an associate director who joins the firm from Hanover Communications. Worrall …

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Life sciences boost from government

March 31, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, UK, government, life sciences, medcity

The UK government is to launch an improved offering for the life sciences sector by combining the functions of the …

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Stelara hit by final NICE rejection

March 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing Janssen, NICE, UK, arthritis, psoriatic, stelar

In final draft guidance released today NICE says it cannot recommend Janssen’s psoriatic arthritis drug Stelara. Specifically, the pricing watchdog …

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UK health report flags weight and dementia risks

March 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing Dame Sally Davies, Public Health England, dementia, obesity

A new Department of Health report suggests that being overweight is now the norm in England – and that deafness …

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Baxter to split in two next year

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, baxter, biopharma, gambro

Baxter is taking a plunge into the world of restructuring by splitting into two entities: one which is yet to …

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MedCity to launch in April

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boris Johnson, London, UCL, Wellcome, medcity, medical city

The eagerly anticipated launch of ‘MedCity’ will be announced in April, Pharmafile has learned, as the UK government looks to …

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CAP-CMV appoints Albrecht Läufer as chief executive

March 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Albrecht Läufer, CAP-CMV, cevec

Biotech firm CAP-CMV which is a spin-out of CEVEC Pharmaceuticals has appointed industry veteran Dr Albrecht Läufer as its chief …

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AstraZeneca opens up research

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, data, research, transparency, website

AstraZeneca has created a new means of sharing some of its data with scientists, such as its bank of live …

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Europe grants Eperzan licence

March 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Bydureon, GSK, diabetes, eperzan, lilly

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation to GlaxoSmithKline’s new diabetes treatment Eperzan – setting the manufacturer on a collision …

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Alli bottles tampered with in US, drug recalled

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alli, FDA, GSK, Roche, Xenical, obesity, weight loss

GlaxoSmithKline has admitted that some bottles of its weight-loss drug Alli bought in the US have been tampered with. US …

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GSK and partners set up big data project

March 27, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline, the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have come together to launch an open access research …

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NICE launches VBA consultation

March 27, 2014
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NICE has today launched its consultation into how value-based assessment of drugs will work in practice, which will run for …

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Immunocore chief executive cements role at Adaptimmune

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adaptimmune, immunocore, noble

Biotech firm Adaptimmune has confirmed the full-time appointment of James Noble as its chief executive. Noble has been chief executive …

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Social media cancer drive raises £8 million

March 26, 2014
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Adaptimmune wins fund payout

March 26, 2014
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Biotech firm Adaptimmune has been awarded £2.1 million from the UK government’s Biomedical Catalyst Fund, which was set up to …

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UK government launches ‘Sign up to Safety’ initiative

March 26, 2014
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A new ambition to reduce avoidable harm in the NHS by half over the next three years, cut costs and …

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