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New website to promote patient choice

January 24, 2007
patients

A new one-stop shop website is to be created to help NHS patients choose the best services for them.Plans to …

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How happy are your workers?

January 22, 2007
Business Services HR, recruitment

Companies that get their working policies right not only tend to be more successful, they also make my job as …

Feature

NICE authority hangs in the balance ahead of court ruling

January 22, 2007

A High Court judge is poised to decide whether the first ever legal challenge to NICE guidance can go ahead …

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Pfizer ponders over-the-counter Viagra

January 22, 2007
Sales and Marketing OTC

Viagra, the original erectile dysfunction wonder-drug could soon be available from pharmacies across Europe if its manufacturers apply for an …

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Vectura buys Innovata

January 22, 2007
Research and Development biotech, vectura

 Pulmonary product development in the UK has received a boost following the takeover of drug developer Innovata by biotech company …

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Novartis readies Prexige for osteoarthritis launch in Europe

January 22, 2007
Sales and Marketing prexige, safety

Novartis will launch Prexige in its first European markets outside the UK next year following its EMEA approval for osteoarthritic …

News

Work to begin on new NHS cancer strategy

January 22, 2007

 The government is to work with doctors, nurses, cancer charities and others to draw up a new Cancer Reform Strategy …

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Wellcome Trust issues first grants to encourage drug discovery

January 19, 2007
Research and Development

The first awards have been made in the Wellcome Trust's £91 million, five-year plan for novel drugs to tackle obesity, …

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AZ and Lilly set to follow Pfizer on supply chain

January 19, 2007
Manufacturing and Production counterfeits

Two major pharma companies could be set to follow Pfizer in using a single supply chain distributor of their medicines …

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Minister’s promotion of statin switching proves controversial

January 19, 2007

The government says GPs could help save the health service £85 million a year by switching patients on branded statins …

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Fast-track ‘not a soft option’ says NICE

January 19, 2007

The head of NICE's drug appraisal process has said the institute's new fast-track system is not a "soft option" through …

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AZ and BMS combine to develop new diabetes drugs

January 19, 2007
Sales and Marketing

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers-Squibb are collaborating on the development of two new drugs for the treatment of type II diabetes.Saxagliptin, a …

News

World’s first stem cell trial for stroke likely to get green light

January 19, 2007
Research and Development ReNeuron, stem cell, stroke

A cutting-edge stem cell clinical trial for chronic stroke patients looks set to go ahead later this year.Biotech company ReNeuron, …

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New software to cut unnecessary hospital stays

January 19, 2007

Clinicians are being urged to use new software developed to help the NHS prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.Thousands of patients …

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Are you in control of your new products?

January 19, 2007
Research and Development academia, innovation

The quest to convert inventions (i.e. promising ideas) into innovations (i.e. commercial products) is a central and vital feature of …

Feature

Novartis plans eight launches for 2007

January 18, 2007
Sales and Marketing

Novartis is preparing to set a new record for the pharmaceutical industry by launching eight new products in the next …

News

Future of Alzheimer’s drugs lies with the High Court

January 9, 2007
Sales and Marketing

Eisai has applied to the High Court for permission to request a legal hearing into NICE's decision to ban anti-dementia …

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UK pharma is going green

January 8, 2007
Sales and Marketing

With 2007 predicted to be the warmest year on record, the pressure is on for companies worldwide to 'go green'. …

News

Europe’s biotech sector to flourish in 2007

January 8, 2007
Research and Development Europe

Analysts are predicting that 2007 will be a strong year for European biotech, which is forecast to outstrip the growth …

News

New class of anti-angiogenesis agents gets 2 million euro boost

January 8, 2007
Research and Development

Two European biotech companies have received a grant of two million euros to jointly develop a new class of anti-angiogenesis …

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