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First CCGs get green light

December 11, 2012
Sales and Marketing CB, CCGs, Hunt, Lansley, NHS

In a landmark development for the controversial Health and Social Care Act, the first clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have taken …

Growth in GP drug prescriptions

December 11, 2012
Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, UK, doctors, prescribing

The volume of GP-prescribed drugs grew by an annual average of 8.4% in the years 1995-2010, according to new government …

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Add value, pharma urged

December 7, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CCGs, NHS, Pharmafocus, Prescriber

Pharma will only form lasting relationships with the NHS in future by demonstrating its value, according to Kevin Blakemore, NHS …

‘Open door’ for pharma

December 6, 2012
Sales 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, …

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‘Risk share’ with us, say CCGs

December 6, 2012
Sales 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 …

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NHS ‘entering treacherous waters’

December 3, 2012
Sales 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 …

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Help CCGs help you, pharma told

November 30, 2012
Medical 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 …

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NICE: ‘lot of work’ to do on VBP

November 30, 2012
Medical 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 …

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Novartis R&D warning

November 29, 2012
Research 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 …

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‘Adopt NICE decisions’ committee told

November 27, 2012
Sales 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 …

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Roche to release Tamiflu data

November 23, 2012
Sales 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 …

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Jim Easton steps down from NHS Commissioning Board role

November 22, 2012
Manufacturing 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, 2012
Manufacturing 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 …

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Senior appointments at NHS Commissioning Board

November 20, 2012
Manufacturing 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, 2012
Sales 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, …

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