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Roche teams with DH for drug repurposing trial
January 6, 2016Research and Development DH, NIHR, Off Patent Drugs Bill, Off-Patent Drugs Bill, RoActemra, Roche, drug repurposing, tocilizumab
Roche and the UK Department of Health have launched a trial, to explore whether one of the company’s treatments for …
Medicine Innovation Bill a step closer in UK
October 20, 2014Sales and Marketing BBC, DH, NHS, innovation bill, saatchi
A new bill proposed by Conservative peer Lord Saatchi has been given government backing as it seeks to become law …
NICE: new system will allow more drugs on NHS
February 17, 2014Sales and Marketing DH, Dillon, DoH, NHS, NICE, QALY
NICE has said that it will be able to approve more medicines under a new drug pricing policy, but warns …
NHS reform: did the government get it right?
January 27, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DH, Hunt, Lansley, NHS, atkins, reform, reforms
Some nine months after the coalition government’s controversial health reforms came in, have they been a success? And how are …
NHS consults on loosening controls for Viagra
January 23, 2014Sales and Marketing DH, ED, NHS, Pfizer, Sildenafil, viagra
The Department of Health is looking to make cheaper generic versions of Pfizer’s Viagra more widely available to patients with …
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 …
UK government launches ‘Genomics England’
July 8, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cameron, DH, Genomics england, Hunt, NHS
The government has invested £100 million into a new DNA mapping service for patients, and will begin with cancer, rare …
Department of Health prioritises Francis response
June 7, 2013Sales and Marketing DH, Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS
The Department of Health has set out its priorities for the next year, explaining how it will enhance public health …
Hunt pledges ‘paperless NHS’
February 4, 2013Sales and Marketing DH, Hunt, NHS, paperless
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has put his head on the block by pledging that moves towards a ‘paperless NHS’ will …
DH digital strategy released
December 21, 2012Medical Communications DH, NHS, digital
The Department of Health has signalled its desire to make a splash in the digital pond with the release of …
Government showcases dementia research
October 11, 2012Sales and Marketing Cameron, DH, UK, dementia
The government is attempting to encourage international organisations to help the UK’s efforts to find better treatments for dementia. An …
Patients urged to rate GPs
June 8, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing DH, England, GPs, Lord Howe, NHS
The government is cranking up its information strategy with the publication of new data on 8,000 GP surgeries in England. …
Department of Health slims down agency partners
December 21, 2011Medical Communications DH, Freud Communications, MEC
The Department of Health has stripped back its use of comms agencies in its public health campaigns by switching to …
Shadow Commissioning Board goes live
October 31, 2011Medical Communications Commissioning Board, DH, NHS
The NHS Commissioning Board, the new central and powerful committee that will co-ordinate the health service in England, has been …
Patrick Walker appointed to PPRS resolution panel
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing DH, UK, appointment, sales and marketing
The Department of Health has appointed Patrick Walker to chair the Dispute Resolution Panel for UK pricing system the Pharmaceutical …
