innovation
ICR calls for faster access to innovative cancer drugs
April 25, 2019Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, ICR, R&D, access, cancer drugs, incentives, innovation, oncology, pricing
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has called for faster access to innovative cancer drugs in the UK. The call …
Engineers create lab-grown heart and liver tissue for drug testing and discovery
March 10, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development 3D, angiochip, artificial heart, drug delivery, innovation, liver, vessels
Researchers at University of Toronto have developed “person-on-a-chip” technology which sees the growing of realistic human tissues outside the body. …
Big Pharma taking steps towards fully digital businesses
December 3, 2015Medical Communications Accenture, digital pharma, innovation
Pharma companies can tap into $100 billion of revenue from being ‘digital transformers’, and not just ‘digital followers’, a leading …
Patents prompting ‘rebirth’ of innovation in industry
November 13, 2015Medical Communications innovation, patents, pharma
Seven pharma companies have been rated among the world’s 100 most innovative companies, according to Thomson Reuters.The business intelligence firm …
Report identifies digital trends in life sciences industry
September 18, 2015Medical Communications digital, disruptive innovations, disruptive technologies, innovation, life sciences
The life sciences industry will be subject to major disruption from five key trends over the coming years, a report …
UK second in global innovation index
September 18, 2015Medical Communications, Research and Development Global Innovation Index, World Intellectual Property Organisation, innovation, intellectual property, patents, wipo
The UK – along with Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands and the US – is in the world’s five most innovative …
Fixing what’s broken: why companies must prioritise innovation in drug development
March 9, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, ICR, The Institute of Cancer Research, innovation, oncology, paul workman
The global system for discovering new cancer drugs is broken. It is failing to turn dramatic scientific advances into enough …
NHS searches for healthcare innovators
January 8, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, innovation, programme, sir bruce keogh
NHS England and medical director Sir Bruce Keogh have launched an NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme. The initiative will invite healthcare …
How can ‘innovation’ be defined?
April 14, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, UK, eric low, innovation, myeloma
Innovation has been and continues to be an important topic of discussion for a number of different stakeholders and disciplines …
J&J chooses UK as a new hub to ‘listen’ for innovation
December 10, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, UK, innovation, research
Johnson & Johnson has chosen the UK as its formal European hub after announcing the creation of five new sites …
Next generation digital firms for Europe wanted
July 15, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, digital, innovation
Digital health start-ups from across Europe are being called on to form a part of Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s inaugural …
J&J sets up life science centres
September 19, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, R&D, innovation
Johnson & Johnson is to set up what it calls regional innovation centres in a bid to speed up the …
Government to harness NHS patient data for research use
August 2, 2012Sales and Marketing NHS, R&D, UK, david cameron, innovation, real world data
The UK government will change the NHS Constitution in order to allow patients’ data to be used for research purposes. …
NHS must adopt new technologies faster, says minister
February 28, 2012Research and Development ABPI, NHS, Whitehead, Willetts, innovation
The NHS needs to speed up its adoption of new technology, according to universities and science minister David Willetts. Echoing …
Rich Baptista joins Synergy Vision
September 1, 2011Medical Communications London, Quintiles, agency, appointment, chiltern, comms, communications, creativity, digital, excellence, innovation, leader, leadership, marketing, med, medical, medical communcations, success
London-based medical communications agency Synergy Vision has appointed Rich Baptista as strategic alliance director with a brief to focus on …
