Health Professions Council appoints Doctors.net.uk
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing BMA, Doctors.net.uk, GMC, HPC, Lansley
Established to regulate fifteen different health professions, including groups as diverse as paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, clinical scientists, podiatrists/chiropodists and …
Pharma Commitment to e-Marketing Grows
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing BMA, GMC, Lansley, digital, doctors, electronic marketing, marketing
A survey of pharma marketers has revealed growing commitment to e-marketing with online spend on the increase across the sector. …
1.6 Million Hours of Learning Delivered to UK Doctors
August 5, 2010Medical Communications BMA, GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, doctors, ecme, edetail, elearing
Figures from Doctors.net.uk reveal a record number of doctors are turning to online learning to support their continuing professional development. …
Doctors.net.uk launches GP commissioning resource
August 5, 2010Medical Communications GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, commissioning, doctors, healthcare reform
A dedicated online resource has been launched this week to help doctors deliver the new commissioning process announced in Andrew …
Doctors.net.uk Strengthens Pharmaceutical Team
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing Doctors.net.uk, GPs, doctors, marketing, medeconnect, pharma, sales
Doctors.net.uk, the UK’s largest and most active online network of healthcare professionals, has strengthened its pharmaceutical team with two appointments. …
Generic clopidogrel helps NICE recommend blood clot prevention
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, Plavix
NICE has given preliminary approval for wider use of Sanofi-Aventis’s Plavix and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Persantine to prevent blood clots. It …
Daiichi’s lung cancer drug progresses to phase III
August 5, 2010Research and Development Daiichi, arq 197, arqule, lung cancer, phase III
Daiichi Sankyo and biotech firm Arqule are to move their lung cancer treatment ARQ 197 into phase III trials. The …
Quintiles appoints Kevin Gordon finance chief
August 5, 2010Research and Development Quintiles, appointment, research and development
Pharmaceutical services company Quintiles has named Kevin Gordon chief financial officer. He will have day-to-day responsibility for the company’s financial …
Shire moves in on Movetis
August 5, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Movetis, Shire
Shire has made a €428 million offer for Belgium-based Movetis in a bid to grow its business in Europe and …
Austerity measures beginning to bite in Europe
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing Europe, economic climate, global pricing, price cuts
Major pharmaceutical companies are beginning to feel the direct effects of the austerity measures being introduced across Europe’s healthcare systems.Second …
NICE issues indicators for next QOF
August 5, 2010NHS, qof
Diabetes, dementia and mental health top the list of new indicators to be considered for NICE’s next Quality Outcomes Framework …
NICE set to recommend chronic constipation treatment
August 4, 2010Sales and Marketing Movetis, NICE, Resolor
NICE has provisionally recommended Belgium-based Movetis’s Resolor as an option for the treatment of chronic constipation in women where laxatives …
NHS challenged to become part of the ‘big society’
August 4, 2010NHS
The government has called for more NHS staff to come up with ideas for social enterprises as part of its …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
August 4, 2010Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Janssen, disease awareness campaigns, iphone, social media
This week’s roundup includes Janssen-Cilag’s YouTube success, FDA to boost social media work, Novartis iPhone profile, Pfizer on SlideShare and …
Wyeth acquisition boosts Pfizer results
August 4, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Pfizer, Q2
Pfizer’s second quarter results received a huge boost from the company’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Wyeth last October. Sales of …
Charles River calls a halt to WuXi merger plans
August 4, 2010Research and Development Charles River Laboratories, WuXi
Charles River Laboratories has terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to acquire Chinese contract research organisation WuXi PharmaTech after an investor …
Cegedim appoints Anne-Marie Masquelier
August 4, 2010Research and Development Cegedim, appointment, research and development
Anne-Marie Masquelier has joined healthcare research company Cegedim Strategic Data as global medical research director. She will be responsible for …
Sanofi appoints Dr Ian Weatherhead UK coms director
August 4, 2010Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, UK, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
Sanofi-Aventis UK has appointed Dr Ian Weatherhead as its director of communications. Ian will join the Guildford-based company in October, …
EDC: Looking beyond the software
August 4, 2010Research and Development EDC, chiltern
Electronic data capture (EDC) has become the norm for clinical studies. In an EDC study, most of the deliverables are …
Dr Wolfgang Renz joins PharmaNet
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development PharmaNet, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
PharmaNet Development Group has appointed Dr Wolfgang Renz senior vice president of clinical operations. He will be responsible for the …
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