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UK cancer figures rise
January 15, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, research uk
More people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, according to figures from Cancer Research UK – as an …
NICE: Daily Mail ‘misled’ readers
January 13, 2014Sales and Marketing Dillon, NHS, NICE, mail
UK drugs watchdog NICE has hit back at an article in the Daily Mail headlined “Champagne perks of NHS drug …
Treat patients ‘more holistically’
January 13, 2014Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, new year
UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt has spoken of the challenges faced by the NHS in a New Year message to …
NHS patient data to be shared with researchers
January 6, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, data, online, transparency
NHS England will begin to gather patient data from GPs for the first time this spring to ‘improve care and …
NICE must get tougher on pharma, urges BMJ journal
December 16, 2013Sales and Marketing BMJ, NHS, NICE, pharma
The UK should have one universal health technology assessor which should seek to tighten up rules on whether new drugs …
The year in review 2013
December 13, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2014, NHS, Obama, adams, review of the year
The year 2013 brought a new series of challenges for pharma. As the dust settled following the bulk of major …
ABPI appoints nightclub owner as new NHS manager
December 12, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, nightclub, tugnet
The ABPI has appointed Raj Tugnet as its new NHS partnership manager to lead ABPI activities on academic health science …
Cancer diagnosis is ‘national disgrace’
December 10, 2013Sales and Marketing CCGs, Cancer, NHS, appgc
Cancer care is still dangerously dependent on where patients in England live according to an influential group of MPs and …
‘TripAdvisor’ site for NHS
November 29, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS Choices, TripAdvisor
NICE rejects Bosulif
November 28, 2013Sales and Marketing CML, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, bosulif
In a blow for Pfizer NICE has categorically rejected the manufacturer’s Bosulif as a treatment for previously-treated chronic myeloid leukaemia …
Francis report author becomes Patients Association president
November 28, 2013Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, NHS, robert francis, scandal
The author of a damning report into failings at the Staffordshire hospital has become the new president of the Patients …
PPRS deal ‘dreadful’, says EMIG
November 26, 2013Sales and Marketing EMIG, NHS, NICE, PPRS, VBP
The Ethical Medicines Industry Group (EMIG) has slammed the new PPRS plan, calling it a ‘dreadful deal’ for its members. …
E-prescribing ‘patchy at best’
November 22, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, UCL, e-prescribing
Electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals – seen as one of the cornerstones of public health provision in the future – …
Coalition launches rare disease strategy
November 22, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, R&D, rare disease
The Department of Health has launched the UK’s first strategy on rare diseases as part of a bid to boost …
NHS responds to Mid Staffs
November 21, 2013Sales and Marketing Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS, UK
The government has accepted 281 out of the 290 recommendations contained in the Francis report – the damning document published …
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