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NHS England approves Cancer Drugs Fund proposals
February 26, 2016Medical Communications, Research and Development ABPI, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS England
NHS England has approved proposed reforms of the Cancer Drugs Fund, following the end of the 12-week consultation period earlier …
Pharma industry will pay £550m of NHS 2016 drugs bill
December 22, 2015Manufacturing and Production ABPI, PPRS, Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
A new financial agreement announced this week as part of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), will see the pharmaceutical …
New web portal highlights UK strengths in medicines manufacturing
December 1, 2015Manufacturing and Production ABPI, KTN, Knowledge Transfer Network, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership, UK, manufacturing, mmip, production
A new web portal has been launched to provide a platform to promote the UK’s strengths and capabilities in medicines …
Bayer takes on Actavis in ABPI code conduct breach
November 26, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Actavis, Bayer, PMCPA
The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) has ruled in favour of Bayer in a case brought against Actavis. …
UK ‘lacks the skills’ for future drug development, ABPI warns
November 11, 2015Business Services, Research and Development ABPI, Jobs, careers, recruitment, skills gap
A shortage of skilled professionals threatens to undermine research and development of new medicines in the UK and prevent growth …
ABPI welcomes science budget inquiry findings
November 10, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development ABPI, Comprehensive Spending Review
The UK pharma trade body, the ABPI, has welcomed the findings of the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into the …
ABPI hits back at Prime Minister’s criticism of high drug prices
October 15, 2015Sales and Marketing ABPI, Drug pricing, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, NICE, Translarna, ataluren, david cameron, prime minister, rare disease
The ABPI has responded to comments made by UK Prime Minister David Cameron during yesterday’s Prime Minster’s Questions, in which …
Health professionals back transparency of their dealings with pharma
October 12, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, transparency
The majority of doctors, nurses, hospital specialists and pharmacists believe that payments received by healthcare professionals (HCPs) from pharmaceutical companies …
CEO Stephen Whitehead leaves ABPI
October 1, 2015Medical Communications ABPI, Alison Clough, Stephen Whitehead
The ABPI has confirmed that CEO Stephen Whitehead has left the organisation. Speaking on behalf of the Board, John Kearney, …
ABPI responds to UK medicines cost controversy
September 25, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS
Alison Clough, acting CEO of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), has responded to recent reports in the …
PMPCA rules on multiple pharma code breaches
September 17, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code, PMCPA, Prescriptions Medicine Code of Practice Authority
The industry’s code of conduct regulator has ruled on several alleged breaches of the ABPI code of pharmaceutical conduct by …
ABPI ‘deeply concerned’ by slow UK drugs uptake
September 7, 2015Sales and Marketing ABPI, PPRS, Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, drugs bill, market access, medicines bill
The UK pharma industry paid £209 million to underwrite the UK medicines bill in second quarter of 2015, according to …
Clinical Trial Transparency – A Personal View
August 24, 2015Research and Development ABPI, PMCPA, clinical trial transparency, clinical trials, health research authority, transparency
During the time I worked as research, medical and innovation director at the ABPI, between October 2012 and January 2015, …
Doctors ‘face jail over pharma payments’
August 24, 2015Sales and Marketing ABPI, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, PMCPA, bribery, doctor payments, health secretary, transparency
Healthcare professionals who have inappropriate financial links with pharma companies will face prosecution and up to 10 years in jail, …
New ABPI executive director appointed
July 21, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Richard Corbett
The UK pharma trade body the ABPI has appointed Richard Corbett as its new executive director of commercial. Corbett will …
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