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Digital system may prevent £300m prescription fraud losses for NHS by 2020

October 15, 2018
Sales and Marketing NHS, fraud, government, prescription fraud, uk politics

The British government are launching a new digitised system aimed at cracking down on prescription fraud in the NHS. However …

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Government publishes no-deal Brexit guidance, health secretary tells pharma companies to stockpile medicines

August 24, 2018
Medical Communications ABPI, EU, UK, brexit, government, stockpiling

The British Government has published a document offering guidance as to what should be expected in the case of a …

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Matt Hancock

NHS to stockpile drugs in preparation for no-deal Brexit

July 25, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, brexit, government, pharma, stockpiling

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, has said that the NHS is preparing to stockpile medicines …

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UK Government announces £10m antimicrobial resistance research competition

July 11, 2018
Research and Development 10 million, antimicrobial, competition, government, resistance

The UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care has announced the launch of a £10 million research competition aimed …

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Department of Health appoints Teva and Sanofi veteran as commercial head

July 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Department of Health, Sanofi, Teva, biotech, drugs, government, healthcare, pharma, pharmaceuticals

The UK Government has announced a new appointment within the Department of Health: Steve Oldfield, a former veteran of Teva …

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UK Government announces deep cuts to pharmacy funding

October 21, 2016
Medical Communications Conservative, NHS, UK, government, pharmacy

The Department Health announced that it wanted to reduce the £2.8 billion a year funding for pharmacies by 7%, leading …

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Pharma leaders urge UK Government not to cut spending

September 9, 2015
Research and Development Autumn spending review, George Osborne, R&D, government, research, research and development, research funding

Representatives of more than 200 life sciences organisations have urged the UK government to protect the sector from spending cuts. …

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Parliamentary launch for UK life sciences group

July 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development All Party Parliamentary Group on Life Sciences, Kit Malthouse, george freeman, government, lobbying, parliament

A Parliamentary body has been created to highlight the contribution the life sciences sector makes to the economy, and boost …

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Conservative announce NHS to receive a further £8 billion by 2020

July 9, 2015
Budget, Chancellor, Chancellor of the exchequer, Conservatives, George Osborne, NHS, NHS funding, Tories, funding, government

The Conservative Government has confirmed the NHS will receive £10 billion in funding by 2020 in the Chancellor’s budget announcement.The …

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Overcoming barriers in rare diseases

June 22, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, NHS, Shire, bates, government, nps, rare diseases

In recent months the focus on the need to develop new drugs and fund new treatments for rare diseases has …

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Chinese government to lift drug price controls

May 5, 2015
Sales and Marketing China, Drug pricing, GSK, IMS, Xarelto, government

The Chinese government has announced that it will remove price caps for most medicines and allow the market to play …

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£3 million government boost for stem cells

March 26, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS Blood and Transplant, Stem cells, UK, george freeman, government

The UK government will invest £3 million to further improve the provision of stem cells in the UK which will …

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NHS in England is ‘deteriorating’

March 26, 2015
Sales and Marketing Conservatives, England, Labour, NHS, coalition, election, government, liberal

Leading UK healthcare think tank The King’s Fund has published its second report on the NHS under the present government …

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Big pharma partners with government over $100m dementia fund

March 17, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Biogen IDEC, GSK, J&J, JJ, Pfizer, government, jp morgan, lilly

Lilly, Pfizer, GSK, J&J and Biogen Idec are set to join a $100m Dementia Discovery Fund to boost research into …

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Government lays out rare diseases plan

March 5, 2015
Sales and Marketing Department of Health, NHS, UK, government, howe, rare diseases

The UK government has set out new plans to improve the lives of patients with rare diseases by 2020. The …

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