Industry doubts government commitment to innovation
March 19, 2008Sales and Marketing
The government has unveiled high plans to make the UK a world leader in innovation, but the pharmaceutical industry remains …
Practice based commissioning and NICE workshops launched
March 14, 2008The impact of practice-based commissioning (PBC) on how NICE guidance is implemented will be explored in a series of regional …
Celgene buys up Pharmion
March 14, 2008Sales and Marketing
Specialist biopharma company Celgene has bought Pharmion for $2.9 billion in a bid to become a global leader in haematology …
Spend NHS surplus on out-of-hours, say primary care leaders
March 14, 2008Primary care leaders have called for some of the predicted billions in the NHS budget surplus to be spent on …
Workshops to bring together industry and NHS researchers
March 14, 2008ABPI
The pharma industry and interested NHS researchers will come together in a new initiative aimed at increasing and accelerating clinical …
Why should we listen to you?
March 12, 2008Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing industry relations, marketing, stakeholders
Last month, Pharmafocus showed how market access can be a platform to build a cohesive strategy that brings together sales, …
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March 12, 2008Sales and Marketing
Type 2 diabetes driving epidemic Type 2 diabetes poses one of the greatest public health threats of the 21st century. …
Abbott to work on Tarceva diagnostic
March 12, 2008Sales and Marketing
Abbott is to develop a diagnostic test for Tarceva to identify patients who could most benefit from the lung cancer …
Lilly decision spells end for inhaled insulin
March 12, 2008Research and Development
Regulatory problems and doubts about commercial potential have led Lilly to abandon its late-stage inhaled insulin product. The AIR insulin …
New laws will oblige pharma to release data
March 7, 2008Sales and Marketing
The UK government has pledged to introduce new legislation that will require pharmaceutical companies to disclose all data from clinical …
GPs reluctantly agree to extend hours
March 7, 2008General practitioners across the UK have voted to accept new working hours that will see surgeries open on Saturday mornings …
Efexor successor approved in US
March 7, 2008Sales and Marketing
Wyeth's Pristiq, a refined version of its top-selling depression treatment Efexor, has been approved in the US. Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) delivers …
Renovo wounded by cosmetic drug setback
March 7, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
UK biotech company Renovo has received disappointing clinical trial results for its new anti-scarring and wound healing drug Juvista. The …
Frontline doctor to lead UK diabetes strategy
March 7, 2008Dr Rowan Hillson has been appointed the new national clinical director for diabetes. Dr Hillson is a consultant physician and …
NICE’s approach to benefits and costs to be reviewed
March 7, 2008Sales and Marketing
The pharmaceutical industry has welcomed plans to review how NICE assesses the benefits and costs of drugs, with the hope …
Diabetes nurses would cut emergency admissions
March 7, 2008Sales and Marketing
Specialist nurses could help to cut the number of diabetes patients being admitted to hospital as emergency cases, a new …
Latest news from Datamonitor
March 5, 2008Sales and Marketing
APP Pharma granted approval for generic anticancer drug APP Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from the FDA of its abbreviated …
Government remains tight-lipped on PPRS
February 29, 2008Sales and Marketing par
The Department of Health has refused to comment on renewed speculation on the future of the UK's medicines pricing system …
