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NHS in Scotland deploys mobile healthcare

August 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, Safe Patient Systems, Scotland, digital, nhs scotland, tablets

Mobile healthcare firm Safe Patient Systems is partnering with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) to provide mobile healthcare services …

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Sovaldi hurdles first drug pricing barrier

June 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing Gilead, SMC, Scotland, hep C, sofosbuvir, sovaldi

Scotland’s NHS will pay for Gilead’s new hepatitis C pill Sovaldi despite rising concern over its high cost. The Scottish …

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Scotland reforms will see drug access improve

February 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing PACE, SMC, Scotland, drugs, neil

Scotland is set to overhaul its medicines access system after complaints from charities and interest groups that patients have been …

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GSK expands Montrose API plant with £25m investment

November 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production GSK, Scotland, montrose

GlaxoSmithKline is planning to invest £25 million ($40m) at a facility in Scotland that will take on production of ingredients …

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Scotland’s medicines bill can shrink further, says report

January 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing PPRS, Scotland, VBP, prescribing

An official review of primary care prescribing in Scotland has welcomed savings made, but says further efficiencies are possible.Audit Scotland …

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Scotland fund for rare diseases

January 17, 2013
Sales and Marketing SMC, Scotland, rare diseases

The Scottish government is launching a £21 million fund in March to meet the costs of patients who require orphan …

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SMC first to give Fycompa thumbs-up

December 12, 2012
Sales and Marketing Eisai, Fycompa, SMC, Scotland, epilepsy

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved Eisai’s first-in-class epilepsy drug Fycompa for use in the NHS in Scotland – …

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SMC put under review

November 20, 2012
Sales and Marketing Alex Neil, NICE, SMC, Scotland

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has been put under the spotlight in two reviews ordered by Scotland’s health secretary Alex …

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Scotland ‘no’ to Avastin

October 9, 2012
Sales and Marketing NICE, Roche, Scotland, avastin

Roche has slammed the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)’s decision not to recommend Avastin for women with advanced ovarian cancer in …

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Sigma-Aldrich invest in Scottish site

October 2, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Bioreliance, Irvine, Scotland, Sigma-Aldrich

Sigma-Aldrich has announced an expansion of its operations in Scotland with the construction of a powder manufacturing facility at its …

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UCB signs new epilepsy research pact with Imperial

May 21, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing R&D, Scotland, UCB, epilepsy

UCB has signed a two-year research deal with Imperial College London to find disease-modifying targets in epilepsy. The firm has …

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Merck facility reborn as science park

January 11, 2012
Research and Development BioCity, MSD, Merck, Newhouse, Pfizer, Roslin BioCentre, Scotland

A former Merck research site in Scotland has been given a new lease of life as a biotech science park. …

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Scottish First Minister seeks talks with Aptuit over plant closures

December 21, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Aptuit, Scotland, manufacturing facilities, pharma manufacturing

US contract manufacturing and drug development company Aptuit says it may shut down two facilities in Lothian, Scotland, because demand …

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Quintiles opens Scottish central lab

September 28, 2009
Research and Development Quintiles, Scotland

Quintiles has opened new facilities near Edinburgh, Scotland, that more than double its ability to provide central laboratory services to …

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Schering-Plough invests in Scotland drug discovery centre

February 6, 2009
Research and Development Merck, Scotland

Schering-Plough is to invest around $30 million in its early drug discovery work in Scotland. The company is investing a …

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