New GP contract ready for local negotiation
January 5, 2004The final details of the new general medical services (GMS) contract have been agreed by the government, PCT and doctors' …
Get out of the ‘arms race’
December 16, 2003Sales and Marketing sales, sales force, strategy, technology
As healthcare consumers take more responsibility for their health, analysts predict the dynamic between the traditional pharma sales force, healthcare …
Pfizer hits out at SSRI ruling
December 15, 2003Sales and Marketing
Pfizer has criticised new UK guidance advising doctors that Prozac is the only SSRI anti-depressant safe to prescribe to children.The …
Elan to sell European assets
December 12, 2003Sales and Marketing Elan
Indebted Irish pharmaceutical company Elan has confirmed that it is in talks to sell part of its European operations.The company …
Pharma companies to licence AIDS drugs
December 12, 2003Sales and Marketing
Cheaper AIDS drugs should soon be available in South Africa after two pharma companies agreed to licence their products to …
Outlook bright for generics
December 11, 2003Sales and Marketing generics
Traditionally the US has been seen as the most attractive location for generics players with a combination of market fragmentation, …
Recruitment bounces back
December 8, 2003Business Services recruitment
News for the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors may be pretty glum at the moment, but recruitment into both sectors is …
Government promotes private access to Tamiflu
December 8, 2003Sales and Marketing
The government has proposed making Roche's flu drug Tamiflu available to more patients through a private prescription from their GP.The …
Investors unmoved by GSK pipeline news
December 8, 2003Research and Development
GlaxoSmithKline has presented details of 20 potential blockbusters in its pipeline which it claims could bring it industry leading growth …
Zetia-Zocor marketing to focus on efficacy
December 8, 2003Sales and Marketing
Merck and Schering-Plough have indicated that efficacy and not safety will be the focus of their up-and-coming cholesterol combination drug.Merck …
Expert resigns over HRT warning
December 8, 2003New guidance advising doctors not to use hormone replacement therapy to treat osteoporosis has prompted the resignation of a senior …
New foundation trust watchdog appointed
December 4, 2003The head of the new independent watchdog to monitor NHS foundation trusts has been named as Bill Moyes, current Director-General …
Don’t get frozen out
December 4, 2003Sales and Marketing marketing, sales, strategy
A fundamental change is underway in the European healthcare sector. The traditional autonomy of the physician has yielded to more …
Biotech grows up
December 4, 2003Research and Development, Sales and Marketing alliances, biotech, partnerships, pharma
Sometimes it is hard to see where the fun lies in running a biotechnology company. Discounting the obvious success stories …
MEPs look for progress on patient information
November 28, 2003MEPs have put forward new proposals to provide patients and the public with greater information on medicines, in an attempt …
Stronger warnings for COX-IIs recommended
November 28, 2003A European Union safety review of the COX-II inhibitor class of drugs has recommended stronger labelling for painkiller treatments for …
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