New ‘harmonising’ NHS watchdog begins work

April 6, 2004

'Inspecting, informing, improving' is the motto of the new watchdog for both the NHS and private healthcare facilities.

How your customers see you

April 6, 2004

When looking at the performance of new products there are many reasons for their possible success. Perhaps GPs hooked into …

Amgen pipeline boosted by $1.3bn Tularik acquisition

April 5, 2004

US biotech Amgen is to buy gene regulation specialist Tularik in a move that will add five drug candidates to …

US accused of blocking generics AIDS drug plan

April 5, 2004

Aid agencies are claiming that plans to provide antiretroviral treatment for millions of people with HIV are being undermined by …

Size isn’t everything

March 30, 2004

Pharmaceutical company sales teams have grown significantly in size over the last few years the – figures vary, but by …

New antidepressant warnings in US and Britain

March 25, 2004

New warnings about the prescribing of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) class of antidepressants have been issued in the …

Bayer feels cost of restructuring

March 25, 2004

German pharmaceutical company Bayer has posted the biggest losses in its history after paying a hefty price for restructuring the …

Solvay and Altana to swap detailing time

March 25, 2004

Altana Pharma and Solvay Healthcare are to launch a novel 'time-swap' co-promotional agreement to make the most of their salesforces' …

France pours cold water on Novartis talks

March 25, 2004

Merger talks between Swiss pharma company Novartis and Franco-German Aventis could be in jeopardy after the French government indicated its …

New code for journals in wake of MMR conflict of interest

March 19, 2004
MMR, journals

A new code of conduct has been drawn up for medical journals to help uncover conflicts of interest which could …

UK and US face up to public health crises

March 19, 2004

The UK government has launched a consultation that it hopes will stimulate debate on how best to tackle the growing …

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