Germany
Watchdog resignation forced ‘to appease pharma’
September 6, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, IQWIG
The head of Germany’s medicines cost-effectiveness watchdog was forced to resign because he was a vocal critic of the pharma …
Germany raises health premiums to tackle budget deficit
July 9, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, economic climate, insurance
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government has agreed to raise health insurance premiums by over half a percent in a further …
Germany and UK to seize control of medicines prices
July 1, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, Lansley, PPRS, UK, global pricing, price cuts
Major changes are afoot in Germany and the UK, the last two European countries with ‘free pricing’ of pharmaceuticals. Governments …
German patent setback for GlaxoSmithKline’s Seretide
May 21, 2010Sales and Marketing GSK, Germany, Seretide
A Munich court has ruled GlaxoSmithKline’s combination patent for its asthma and COPD treatment Seretide is not valid. The Federal …
German price cuts denounced by industry
March 30, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, IQWIG
Pharma industry organisations have reacted angrily to new government plans in Germany which would enforce mandatory price reductions one year …
German Health Minister attacks ‘pharma monopoly’
March 10, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, cost-effectiveness, price cuts, prices
German Health Minister Philipp Rösler wants to break pharma’s ‘monopolistic hold’ over the country by introducing price limits on new …
EU should require all trials to be registered, says IQWiG
December 1, 2009Sales and Marketing Germany, IQWIG, health economics, hta
Germany’s Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has said that registration and publication of all clinical trials …
UCB and Novartis expand alliance in Germany
September 1, 2009Sales and Marketing Germany, Novartis, UCB
UCB and Novartis have extended their partnership in Germany with a new licensing deal for the cardiovascular and diabetes drug …
GSK freezes prices in Germany as part of PR trail
April 24, 2009Sales and Marketing GSK, Germany
GlaxoSmithKline has announced a price freeze on its drugs and vaccines in Germany for 2009. The freeze applies to drugs …
The Pharmafocus Interview: Elmar Schnee
January 6, 2009Sales and Marketing EU, Germany, IQWIG, Merck Serono, cost-effectiveness
Germany's Merck has the kind of business model that investors warm to during times of recession. The company is the …
Bayer calls for R&D tax breaks in Germany
December 17, 2008Sales and Marketing Germany
Bayer has called for more tax breaks to support research and development in Germany.The company has urged the German government …
PRA International expands European presence
December 9, 2008Medical Communications Germany, PRA
Contract research organisation PRA International has opened a new office in Munich, its third base in Germany. Several major pharmaceutical …
Plavix faces generic challenge in Germany
May 16, 2008Sales and Marketing Germany, generics
Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb are feeling the heat from a Swiss drugs company which intends to market a generic version …
Germany loses out in Astellas restructuring
August 2, 2007Sales and Marketing Astellas, Germany
Astellas has announced streamlining and cutbacks to its operations across Europe, with operations in Germany losing staff in its saleforce …
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