Hundreds vote in UK’s Most Admired Pharma Company poll
September 20, 2004Five UK-based pharmaceutical companies have emerged as early contenders to claim the title of Most Admired Company, as voted by …
The nurse will see you now
September 20, 2004It used to be so simple. Doctors were the people and the only people who decided what medicines to prescribe, …
WPP acquires Grey for $1.5 billion
September 16, 2004Global communication services giant WPP has bought its rival the Grey Global Group for $1.5 billion, furthering the consolidation of …
Pfizer restricts UK supplies as US import battle escalates
September 16, 2004Pfizer has begun restricting supplies of its medicines to UK wholesalers – a move widely interpreted as trying to head …
Yentreve launched in first European markets
September 16, 2004Yentreve, the first ever treatment for the embarrassing problem of stress urinary incontinence has been launched in its first European …
Schering and Bayer forge strategic partnership
September 14, 2004Schering-Plough and Bayer have formed a strategic sales and marketing partnership aimed at reviving their struggling businesses in the major …
MPs’ probing frustrated in pharma inquiry
September 9, 2004A new inquiry into the influence of the pharmaceutical industry in the UK has kicked off with questioning of senior …
When good medicine goes bad
September 9, 2004Those of you who have worked long enough in the pharma industry to collect your first payslip will have realised …
Government backs UK biotech fundraising review
September 8, 2004UK biotechs could benefit from a rule change on share issues to help them raise funds and compete more effectively …
Rethinking the supply chain
September 3, 2004For over 50 years, the pharma industry has delivered wave after wave of innovative scientific advances, with above-average growth and …
Barker takes ABPI reins as crunch time nears for PPRS
September 2, 2004The ABPI's new Director General Dr Richard Barker has had to hit the ground running in his new role at …
Newly created Sanofi-Aventis buoyed by Acomplia
September 2, 2004The merger of Sanofi-Synthelabo and Aventis to form the world's third biggest pharmaceutical company has been completed, and has coincided …
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