Research and Development

The number of patients in England diagnosed with dementia has increased by 62% over seven years according to provisional figures …

Global healthcare strategy firm MKTXS has appointed British medical research expert Dr Steven Bradshaw as its new European director. Market …

AstraZeneca has paid $875 million to take control of Alimirall’s respiratory drug portfolio that includes treatments for bronchitis and emphysema. …

Amgen has announced this morning that it will make swingeing cuts in the US over the next two years as …

Pfizer saw a 2% drop in sales for the second quarter but has pointed to the stellar growth of its …

In 2013 generic usage increased to more than three-quarters of all NHS prescriptions according to new data released by the …

The European Commission has approved Roche’s new leukaemia drug Gazyvaro (obinutuzumab) as competition for the blood cancer market heats up. …

Healthcare and pharma marketing professional Renée Mellas has returned to Area  23, an FCB Health company, as executive vice president …

Google is to collect samples of human tissue from thousands of people as part of an experiment that could help …

A leading European doctors’ group is warning that new data protection rules could make cancer research ‘impossible’ whilst also adding …

Gilead and Janssen are set to face off in Europe after the CHMP recommended both of their rival blood cancer …

Whilst seemingly more and more barriers are being erected to slow down the adoption of new medicines, there is a …

GSK has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency for its malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S and hopes it …

Pharma and governments need to put their heads together urgently in order to tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), …

Diagnostic information services firm Quest Diagnostics has confirmed that Vicky Gregg is to serve as a director on its board. Gregg …