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Pfizer agrees price cut in Clinton deal

September 1, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, Pfizer, price cuts

Former US President Bill Clinton has brokered major new deals with Pfizer and Mylan to cut the price of tuberculosis …

Indian government accepts pro-patent report

September 1, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Asia, India, patents

The government of India has accepted the findings of a report into its patent laws, which recommends maintaining a higher …

Basilea buoyed by sales increase

September 1, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Basilea

Swiss pharma company Basilea Pharmaceutica has unveiled encouraging interim financial results, showing it has doubled its sales and decreased its …

Supply chain controls blamed for UK medicines shortage

August 27, 2009 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development supply chain

Industry supply chain controls in the UK have overwhelmingly made medicines more difficult to source and have put patients risk, …

Americans doubt benefits of health reform

August 27, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing US, US healthcare, healthcare

Most Americans are satisfied with their existing medical arrangements, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.The results seem to be …

NICE criticised for rejection of kidney cancer drugs

August 27, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kidney cancer, NICE, Nexavar

Three treatments for advanced kidney cancer have been rejected by NICE, sparking criticism from pharma companies and patient groups.The drugs …

Novartis unveils new lab approach to boost research capacity

August 27, 2009 Research and Development Novartis, Switzerland

Novartis has unveiled a new research approach involving novel lab technology and flexible working, in the hope to speed its …

More evidence of tobacco’s role as drugmaking factory

August 27, 2009 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Biodesign Institute

Researchers have successfully engineered tobacco to synthesise the antigens for a vaccine against norovirus, providing further evidence that complex pharmaceuticals …

Vasella adds voice to NHS criticism

August 27, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, healthcare

Novartis chief executive Daniel Vasella defended the industry's high cost oncology treatments, and said he would not want to be …

Warner Chilcott buys P&G pharma for $3.1 billion

August 25, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MA, P&G, Warner Chilcott

Specialist pharma company Warner Chilcott is to buy Procter & Gamble's pharmaceutical division for $3.1 billion, turning it into a …

Pfizer to develop online community to find new trials patients

August 24, 2009 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, digi

Pfizer is hoping to unlock the power of online communities to help it recruit more people for clinical trials.Pfizer has …

‘No shortcuts’ on H1N1 vaccine safety says GlaxoSmithKline

August 20, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, h1n1, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline says the public need not doubt the safety of its vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu, which it is …

Avastin shows promise in advanced breast cancer

August 20, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, avastin, breast cancer

Avastin's rise continues as new data suggests it improves progression-free survival as a second line treatment for advanced breast cancer.The …
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