Roche increases stake in Chugai
May 30, 2008Sales and Marketing
Roche is strengthening its hold over Japanese drug firm Chugai, increasing its stake in the company from 50.1% to 59.9%. …
A million more patients to get statins
May 30, 2008Sales and Marketing
Statin prescribing could be set to increase massively once again following new NICE guidance on cholesterol-lowering treatments. An extra 1.5 …
Schering-Plough to exploit new NICE transparency
May 30, 2008Sales and Marketing
NICE has recommended two anti-TNF treatments for ankylosing spondylitis, the painful and progressive rheumatic disease, but has excluded a third …
BMA rails against polyclinics
May 30, 2008Doctors have come together to attack plans to introduce polyclinics to London, claiming the reforms are not proven to improve …
Merck’s odanacatib shows promise in cancer
May 30, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Merck's odanacatib (MK-0822) has shown promising results in phase II trials in treating breast cancer which has spread to bones. …
Groundbreaking pharma-NHS collaboration launched in Nottingham
May 30, 2008ABPI, ABPI Outreach Programme, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, COPD, GlaxoSmithKline, INFORCE, Nottingham, Nycomed, Pfizer, joint working
A group of pharmaceutical companies have joined forces with Nottingham healthcare services to help improve care for patients with chronic …
7 principles in marketing to the new NHS
May 28, 2008Sales and Marketing NHS, healthcare, marketing
Developing a successful market access strategy has become the Holy Grail for brand teams across the UK pharmaceutical industry.
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May 28, 2008Sales and Marketing em, hc
Potential lung cancer epidemic looming in AsiaLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality throughout much of the industrialized …
Lilly unveils streamlined business structure
May 22, 2008Sales and Marketing lilly, restructure
A simplified and slimmed-down corporate structure has been unveiled by US pharmaceutical firm Lilly, which says it hopes to cut …
Cervical cancer awareness campaign launched
May 22, 2008Medical Communications
PR agency Consolidated has been hired to help publicise the forthcoming NHS cervical cancer immunisation programme. The Department of Health …
MPs back hybrid embryo research
May 22, 2008Research using 'hybrid' human/animal embryos has been given the green light by MPs. Politicians, including the Labour and Conservative leaders, …
Gardasil or Cervarix? Government decision imminent
May 22, 2008A decision on which of the two vaccines for cervical cancer will be used in the nationwide immunisation campaign is …
Pfizer signs diabetes and cancer partnership with biotech
May 21, 2008Research and Development
Pfizer has announced an alliance with US biotech Five Prime Therapeutics, in a move to boost its pipeline and become …
Being ‘bumped’: the new alternative to redundancy
May 21, 2008Business Services careers, recruitment, redundancy
The pharmaceutical industry is currently in the midst of major restructuring, with many of the sector’s leading companies in the …
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May 21, 2008Sales and Marketing generics
Cash-strapped governments and patent expiries fuel generics growth The increase in cost-limiting measures used by governments and a constant stream …
BGMA leader plans push for more generic prescribing
May 21, 2008Sales and Marketing generics
The new leader for the UK generics industry has promised to step up its bid to see more off-patent drugs …
Electronic patient records face four-year delay
May 20, 2008Plans to give every NHS Trust in England access to an electronic patient records system have been condemned for raising …
Ask doctors about your treatment, patients told
May 20, 2008Sales and Marketing
Patients would benefit by getting more involved with their treatment, asking questions and raising concerns with their doctors, according to …
European approval for GSK’s bird flu vaccine
May 20, 2008Sales and Marketing
GlaxoSmithKline has won approval from European regulators for the first ever pre-pandemic vaccine. Prepandrix is based on the currently circulating …
Should I stay or should I go?
May 16, 2008Business Services career, planning, recruitment
You have been bored lately. You don't believe you can progress in your career any further at your present company. …
