NHS
‘Open door’ for pharma
December 6, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NICE, Pharmafocus, Prescriber, UK
The NHS’s new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will be more welcoming to approaches from pharma than the old PCTs were, …
‘Risk share’ with us, say CCGs
December 6, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, Pharmafocus, Prescriber, pharma
Pharma companies have been urged to “put your head on the block” by coming up with risk-sharing funding plans for …
NHS ‘entering treacherous waters’
December 3, 2012Sales and Marketing Ham, NHS, coalition, king's fund, reforms
A leading think tank has marked the coalition government’s health policy with what amounts to a C+ in its mid-term …
Help CCGs help you, pharma told
November 30, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CCGs, JSNA, NHS, pharma
Pharma companies have a big opportunity to take advantage of the changes in the structure of the NHS, according to …
NICE: ‘lot of work’ to do on VBP
November 30, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boysen, NHS, NICE, QALY, VBP
NICE is still working out what its role with the new NHS Commissioning Board will be, with other key issues …
Novartis R&D warning
November 29, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Novartis. R&D, trials
Novartis has hit out at what it sees as the high cost of UK clinical trials, warning that business will …
‘Adopt NICE decisions’ committee told
November 27, 2012Sales and Marketing ABPI, Dorrell, NHS, NICE, Whitehead
ABPI chief executive Stephen Whitehead has again urged the NHS to adopt and use the drugs which NICE approves, and …
Roche to release Tamiflu data
November 23, 2012Sales and Marketing BMJ, Cochrane, Goldacre, NHS, Roche, Tamiflu
Roche has said it will let researchers have access to more data on its influenza vaccine Tamiflu, apparently under pressure …
Jim Easton steps down from NHS Commissioning Board role
November 22, 2012Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Easton, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board
Jim Easton has stepped down from his role as national director: Transformation at the NHS Commissioning Board (CB) and his …
New NHS, new customers – tips from the frontline
November 21, 2012Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CCGs, Commissioning Board, Dixon, NHS, Sobanja, pharmafile
In the noisy and continuing debate over health reform, it is worth remembering the aim of the coalition government’s health …
Senior appointments at NHS Commissioning Board
November 20, 2012Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CB, CCGs, NHS
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) has made several national appointments to the Medical Directorate. Barry Cockcroft (currently chief dental …
Implementation of IHW ‘patchy’
November 16, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, IHW, NHS
An NHS initative which is supposed to drive public health forward is in danger of having only a limited impact, …
Hunt: England to be technology ‘leader’
November 15, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Jeremy Hunt, NHS, telehealth
Technology is to free 100,000 people next year from what health secretary Jeremy Hunt calls the ‘constant merry-go-round’ of doctors’ …
No specific targets in NHS mandate
November 14, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, commissioning
The government has given the first public directive to the nascent NHS Commissioning Board, which assumes its new responsibilities from …
NHS Commissioning Board appoints Patients and Information directors
November 13, 2012Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Coulthard, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board
The NHS Commissioning Board has made a series of appointments to complete its director-level recruitment to the Patients & Information …
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