European Court supports ABPI’s prescribing incentives fight
February 16, 2010Sales and Marketing ABPI, prescribing incentives
The ABPI has come out on top in the opening salvo of its unprecedented European legal challenge against prescribing incentive …
Sights set on target setting?
February 16, 2010Sales and Marketing forecasts, sales
Research funded by the Chartered Institue of Management Accountants (CIMA) has helped Cranfield School of Management unveil a new framework …
GSK appoints Adrian Hodges
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GlaxoSmithKline has appointed Adrian Hodges to head up corporate responsibility and community partnerships. He moves to the pharma company after …
BMA hits out at NHS commercialisation
February 15, 2010BMA, NHS, private sector
The British Medical Association is urging the public to resist the role of private companies in the NHS. Its Look …
MDS completes contract research exit
February 15, 2010Research and Development CRO, mds
MDS has completed the sell-off of its contract research and development business – MDS Pharma Services – with the signing …
Novo to challenge NICE Victoza guidance
February 15, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, Novo Nordisk, Victoza
NICE has given a partial green light to Novo Nordisk’s type II diabetes treatment Victoza, backing its use as part …
Sanofi expands cancer care campaign
February 15, 2010Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, charity
Sanofi-Aventis has expanded its My Child Matters programme, adding another seven new projects for improving cancer care for children in …
Amarin appoints Jan van Heek
February 15, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amarin, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
Jan van Heek has joined Amarin’s board of directors of as a non-executive director and will also take on the role …
Contract research news in brief
February 15, 2010Research and Development Almac Pharma Services, CRO, CoreLab Partners, DreamCIS, PPD, Parexel, Proteome Sciences, SIRO Clinpharm, Thermo Fisher Scientifitic
Our round-up of developments in the contract research sector includes alliances for Parexel/Proteome Sciences and SIRO Clinpharm/DreamCIS, as well as …
Langland aims to ‘Cake A Difference’
February 12, 2010Medical Communications Langland, charity
Langland has marshaled its digital and design teams in support of Bliss, producing a pro bono campaign for the premature …
Cephalon posts strong figures
February 12, 2010Sales and Marketing 2009 financials, Cephalon
US–based specialty pharma company Cephalon, best known for its sleep disorder treatment Provigil, has posted an 11% increase in sales …
Digital Pharma: The MHRA is a late guest at the information party
February 12, 2010Medical Communications MHRA, information, patient information
The MHRA is considering putting its database of patient information leaflets (PILs) and Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) online and …
Ulcerative colitis market set to double by 2018
February 12, 2010Sales and Marketing Humira, Simponi, TNF, ulcerative colitis
The market for ulcerative colitis drugs is set to double over the ten years to 2018 when it will hit …
Obesity costs could hit £5bn by 2025
February 12, 2010NHS, obesity
A new review of UK health services has come up with half a dozen ways in which the government should …
Deloitte boosts Life Sciences & Health Care practice
February 12, 2010Sales and Marketing Deloitte, appointment, sales and marketing
Business advisory firm Deloitte has made three senior appointments to its UK Life Sciences & Health Care practice. Julian Remnant …
Management Forum Announces Pharmacy 2010 – Exhibition Website
February 11, 2010Research and Development
Management Forum is pleased to announce the launch of their PHARMACY 2010 Exhibition website. This exciting new website contains full …
Soft skills for the commercial manager
February 11, 2010Business Services, Sales and Marketing MSI, leadership, sales force effectiveness, sales representatives, skills
The healthcare industry is changing. In pharma, the new rising commercial leaders, business unit heads, marketing managers, have both business …
Strong showing for Sanofi-Aventis in 2009
February 11, 20102009 financials, Sanofi-Aventis
Sanofi-Aventis made large gains in emerging markets, vaccines and consumer healthcare last year, helping produce 8.5 billion euros in net …
Roche diabetes trial proves promising
February 11, 2010Research and Development GLP-1, Roche, diabetes, taspoglutide
Phase III results for Roche’s once-weekly injectable drug taspoglutide have shown a positive effect on reducing blood glucose compared with …
Brennan rejects generics diversification model
February 11, 2010Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, biosimilars, em, generics, industry
AstraZeneca’s chief executive David Brennan has rejected the strategy of diversification into generics and biosimilars being pursued by many of …
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