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PPRS: thumbs-down from pharma
November 7, 2013Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, PPRS, Pfizer, VBP
A missed opportunity for patients, which creates financial problems for smaller companies while stifling life science investment – these are …
PPRS to remain in UK, but drug growth curbed
November 6, 2013Sales and Marketing ABPI, DH, Deepak Khanna, NHS, PPRS
The UK government has announced that the PPRS pricing scheme will largely remain intact, but will have a curb put …
PMCPA: Sanofi ‘discredited pharma’
October 28, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, PMCPA, Sanofi, breach
Sanofi has lowered the public’s confidence in the pharma industry, according to the PMCPA, which enforces the ABPI Code of …
Trials and tribulations
October 14, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, eric low, myeloma, transparency
I have been chief executive of Myeloma UK since its inception 17 years ago, and its unique bedside to bench …
Pharma blogs: going beyond the press release?
October 7, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, blogs, press releases, social media
The rise of personal blogging has grown in the past decade with millions taking to the internet to tell their …
Bayer slammed for ‘nightcaps’
September 26, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Bayer, PMCPA
Bayer has come under fire from the PMCPA for providing late-night drinks to delegates at a conference in Amsterdam, exceeding …
Gedeon Richter named and shamed
September 9, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Gedeon Richter, PMCPA
Gedeon Richter (UK) has been named and shamed in advertisements by the PMCPA, which rules on breaches of the ABPI …
Proveca appoints former ABPI and AZ president
September 3, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, AZ, Brinsmead, Proveca
The former president of AstraZeneca and the ABPI has been appointed as chairman of pharma firm Proveca. Chris Brinsmead joins …
New media hires at the ABPI




September 2, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, lisa potter, sean palmer
The ABPI has appointed Lisa Potter as its new head of Media to lead the association’s media function. Starting on …
ABPI publishes trial disclosure ‘toolkit’
August 15, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, Goldacre, transparency
The ABPI has today launched a new clinical trial disclosure toolkit to help pharma companies meet data transparency requirements. The …
Professor Trevor Jones CBE appointed chairman of Simbec Research
July 24, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, simbec, trevor jones
Clinical research organisation Simbec Research has appointed Professor Trevor Jones CBE as non-executive chairman of the Board of directors. Jones …
MSD cleared by PMCPA
July 23, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MSD, Merck, PMCPA, code
Merck Sharp Dohme has been found not guilty of breaching two clauses in the ABPI Code of Practice – including …
Secret EFPIA memo on data transparency leaked
July 22, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EMA, PhRMA, transparency
A memo from the European pharma lobby group EFPIA has revealed that the industry is trying to ‘mobilise’ patient groups …
Pharma views sought on UK regulation
July 9, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MHRA, pharma
A new review is inviting pharma to tell the UK government just how well national regulators and local authorities enforce …
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