Gardasil approved in Europe
September 22, 2006Sales and Marketing Gardasil
Sanofi Pasteur MSD's Gardasil has been approved as the first ever vaccine to prevent women developing cervical cancer, which remains …
Specialist pharma company Nycomed buys Altana
September 22, 2006Sales and Marketing Nycomed
Danish speciality pharmaceutical company Nycomed is to acquire pharma company Altana for 4.5 billion euros.Germany's Altana is currently a business …
New diabetes drug Byetta set for European approval
September 22, 2006Sales and Marketing Byetta, diabetes
Lilly and Amylin's new diabetes treatment Byetta is set for European approval following recommendation from medicines regulator the EMEA.Byetta (exenatide) …
Merck to buy Serono for $13 billion
September 22, 2006Sales and Marketing Merck Serono
German pharma company Merck is to acquire Serono for $13.5 billion, creating one of Europes largest bio-pharmaceutical technology companies.The new …
AZ and Schering take novel approach in cancer collaboration
September 22, 2006Research and Development
AstraZeneca and Schering are to co-develop a promising new drug candidate to treat breast cancer, with the two partners taking …
Integrated Huntsworth Health moves into top tier
September 22, 2006Medical Communications
Healthcare communications group Huntsworth has merged its advertising, medical education and PR agencies into a single, fully integrated company, to …
Waving not drowning: tackling NHS reform
September 18, 2006Sales and Marketing NHS, healthcare, marketing, strategy
New NHS initiatives, restructuring plans and government health policies seem to be announced and introduced on a never-ending basis, with …
NHS preparing to cut A&E and maternity units
September 14, 2006The new chief executive of the NHS, David Nicholson, is drawing up plans to close a series of key hospital …
Lipitor patients sue Pfizer
September 14, 2006Sales and Marketing patients
A series of personal injury lawsuits filed in the US have taken aim at Pfizer's marketing practices for its blockbuster …
PCTs to retain clinical leadership role
September 13, 2006Professional executive committees, the bodies once seen as the engine room for reform of the NHS, are to be retained …
DHL deal ‘catastrophic’ for UK medical devices industry
September 13, 2006DHL's new contract to manage procurement across the NHS threatens the future of UK medical devices firms, according to manufacturers. …
Dolan forced out over Plavix affair
September 13, 2006Sales and Marketing ethics
Peter Dolan, the chief executive of Bristol-Myers Squibb has been forced to resign after the company's legal advisor called for …
New PCTs to tighten general practice prescribing controls
September 12, 2006Moves to rein in the prescribing freedom of GPs and give prescribing advisors more power are gaining ground in the …
A fresh look at advertising
September 11, 2006Medical Communications advertising
Mary Poppins knew only too well that a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. But in these sugar-free …
NICE takes aim at ineffective treatments
September 7, 2006NICE is to review use of ineffective treatments by the NHS with the aim of saving millions of pounds – …
Public affairs agency Advocate launched
September 7, 2006Medical Communications
A former Labour Party press officer has launched the first independent public affairs agency dedicated exclusively to healthcare.Camden-based Advocate's managing …
NicOx to develop enhanced statin product
September 6, 2006Research and Development
NicOx is to develop a new statin treatment using its special in-house technology which, according to the company, could make …
Collaboration to develop new Parkinson’s Disease dyskinesia treatment
September 6, 2006Research and Development
Santhera Pharmaceuticals is collaborating with Finnish biotech company Juvantia Pharma to develop a treatment for dyskinesia, the distressing involuntary movements …
Think-tank calls for new cancer strategy
September 6, 2006Health think-tank the King's Fund has called for a fundamental re-examination in the way NHS cancer services are provided in …
NHS ‘sell off’ angers unions
September 5, 2006The government has signed a deal with logistics company DHL to take over the purchase of essential items to the …
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