Levitra becomes Viagra’s first US challenger

October 29, 2003
Sales and Marketing

GlaxoSmithKline and Bayer's erectile dysfunction is to become Viagra's first major competitor in the US after receiving marketing approval.Launched in …

Schering-Plough sacrifices begin with Hassan’s bonus

October 29, 2003
Sales and Marketing

Schering-Plough's new chief executive and chairman Fred Hassan, has forgone a bonus of up to $2 million bonus to demonstrate …

Call for free price-setting across Europe

October 29, 2003
Sales and Marketing

Pharmaceutical companies should be allowed to set their own prices in all the European Union countries in order to bring …

Pharmacovigilance careers opportunities

October 28, 2003
Business Services pharmacovigilance, recruitment

The relationship between regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical companies may at first glance appear to be pulling in different directions, but …

The new GP contract

October 28, 2003
GP contract, NHS, healthcare

The new GP contract was supported by a massive 79 per cent of those GPs who voted for it, despite …

Trial failure forces Xenova cutbacks

October 28, 2003
Research and Development

Xenova has halted phase III clinical trials of its lead product after an independent safety committee confirmed safety fears about …

Six-month delay could be fatal for GP contract

October 28, 2003

The crisis surrounding the proposed new GP contract has deepened after doctors refused to be "stampeded" into accepting a new …

Hassan hits the ground running on Schering-Plough re-organisation

October 28, 2003
Sales and Marketing

Fred Hassan has announced a major re-organisation of Schering-Plough's pharmaceutical operations just 17 days after taking on the job of …

UK’s pharmaceutical profit control scheme to be reviewed

October 28, 2003
Sales and Marketing

The agreement between the UK government and the pharmaceutical industry which controls company profits is to be reviewed.Introduced in 1999, …

Roche launches first proactive patient helpline

October 28, 2003
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing

Roche and health call-centre specialists International SOS have launched the UK's first ever helpline to proactively support patients to keep …

Private sector invited to run NHS surgery centres

October 28, 2003

Private sector companies have been invited to run the latest wave of new diagnostic treatment centres (DTC) to help cut …

European HRT safety probe launched

October 28, 2003
Sales and Marketing

The European Union medicines regulator is to investigate the safety of hormone replacement therapy products following a new study was …

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