Everyday diseases and everyday solutions

July 8, 2004

What is all the fuss about chronic disease management? Go to virtually any NHS conference these days and you will …

Growing doubts over reliability of HRT trial conclusions

July 6, 2004

Influential publicly-funded trials into HRT which convinced millions of women to stop taking the treatment could be flawed, researchers from …

Labour stakes its reputation on NHS Plan part II

July 6, 2004

The government has unveiled a plan for the second half of the 10-year period covered by the NHS Plan, claiming …

Unveiled: how to win their attention

July 2, 2004

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once wrote: "It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins …

Takeda to launch ‘radically different’ approach to NHS

July 2, 2004
NHS, Takeda, salesforce

 Takeda UK has unveiled plans for what it calls a ‘radically different’ structure to its sales operations designed to liberate …

Novartis rivals find VALUE in landmark Diovan trial

July 1, 2004

A landmark study comparing Novartis' Diovan with Pfizer's calcium channel blocker Istin has ended with both sides claiming superiority for …

Pharma’s reputation continues to slide

July 1, 2004

The reputation of the pharmaceutical industry in the US continues to decline as the public grows increasingly concerned about the …

Fast4wD expands clinical trial focus

July 1, 2004

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Shire Health Group have merged part of their operations to form Fast4wD Ogilvy, a clinical …

US parallel trade to be legalised after Republican U-turn

June 29, 2004

Re-importation of cheaper medicines from Canada and other countries into the US looks certain to be legalised after the Bush …

Sanofi executives take control of new boardroom

June 24, 2004

The soon to be created Sanofi-Aventis will be dominated by executives from Sanofi-Synthelabo who have pledged to deliver "swift integration" …

GlaxoSmithKline to publish trial data online

June 24, 2004

GlaxoSmithKline has announced it is to make data from all of its trials available online in an effort to counter …

Contract research looks East

June 24, 2004

Contract research organisations (CRO) have benefited from the pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to maintain a flow of blockbusters at …

Study finds dementia risk for HRT

June 24, 2004

A new study has found that both oestrogen-only and oestrogen plus progestogen hormone replacement therapies may increase the risk of …

Positive opinion on Raptiva in Europe

June 24, 2004

Raptiva, a new psoriasis treatment to be marketed by Serono in Europe has gained a positive opinion from the EMEA.The …

Exanta launched in first market

June 23, 2004

AstraZeneca's new oral anticoagulant Exanta has been launched in Germany, its first global market.The drug is the first in a …

Are you structured for success?

June 18, 2004

In a world of constant change, why have many pharma companies stuck to traditional organisational structures? Are they really the …

Schering restructures for long-term growth

June 17, 2004

German pharmaceutical company Schering AG will no longer conduct research and development into cardiovascular or, with a few exceptions, central …

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