People Strategies launch

June 28, 2005
Sales and Marketing

A new company has been launched to bring people and change management expertise to companies that are not able to …

Seven Stones expands into market research with Strata

June 28, 2005
Medical Communications

Healthcare communications agency Seven Stones has launched a new market research company to be run by a former head of …

Public involvement part of Labour’s vision for primary care

June 28, 2005

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced plans for a major public engagement exercise to help make far-reaching changes to primary …

NHS chief executives call for an extension of patient choice

June 28, 2005

An overwhelming majority of NHS chief executives believe patient choice should be extended to treatment as well as service providers, …

Roche’s Tarceva approaches EU approval

June 28, 2005
Sales and Marketing

Roche's new oral cancer treatment Tarceva has received a recommendation from the EMEA's advisory committee, paving the way for its …

AstraZeneca’s defeat opens door to more challenges

June 24, 2005
Sales and Marketing

Pharmaceutical companies found guilty of violating European antitrust laws can expect steeper fines than AstraZeneca, according to a leading law …

Side-effect doubts cloud future of Pargluva and Galida

June 24, 2005
Sales and Marketing

A study comparing novel treatment Pargluva with a best-selling diabetes drug has yielded some positive results for the new drug, …

Acomplia filed in Europe and US

June 24, 2005
Sales and Marketing

Sanofi-Aventis has submitted its new obesity treatment Acomplia to the European Union and US regulators.Even before its filing Acomplia (rimonabant) …

Novartis hails new MS pill as a breakthrough

June 23, 2005
Sales and Marketing

Novartis says its new multiple sclerosis  treatment is more effective than existing drugs in delaying the progress of the disease, …

Pfizer buys anti-infective specialists Vicuron

June 17, 2005
Sales and Marketing

Pfizer has paid almost $2 billion for a US biopharmaceutical company with two promising anti-infective drugs.The acquisition of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals …

AZ fined E60 million by European Commission

June 16, 2005
Sales and Marketing

AstraZeneca has been fined E60 million by the European Commission for illegally trying to extend the patent on its ulcer …

Bristol-Myers Squibb to limit direct to consumer advertising

June 15, 2005
Medical Communications

Bristol-Myers Squibb has pledged to observe a stricter code of conduct in the promotion of its products to the public …

Older painkillers linked to heart attack risk

June 14, 2005
Sales and Marketing

Two widely used painkillers ibuprofen and naproxen have been linked to increased rates of heart attacks in patients, a new …

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