UK
Pharma contributes £32 billion to UK economy
March 26, 2015Sales and Marketing Asia, IFPMA, Oceania, UK, economy, freeman, pharma
Pharma generated over half of the UK life sciences industry’s turnover in 2014 according to a report from the Department …
£3 million government boost for stem cells
March 26, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS Blood and Transplant, Stem cells, UK, george freeman, government
The UK government will invest £3 million to further improve the provision of stem cells in the UK which will …
Budget 2015: £1.25 billion boost for mental health services
March 20, 2015Sales and Marketing Budget, Cameron, Miliband, NHS, Osborne, UK
Senior NHS figures have hit out at Chancellor George Osborne’s failure to lay out any specific plans concerning the future …
New details of Innovative Medicines review disclosed
March 11, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE, PPRS, UK, george freeman, innovative medicines
The government has announced details of a sweeping review into how medicines are accessed in the UK. The Innovative Medicines …
Government lays out rare diseases plan
March 5, 2015Sales and Marketing Department of Health, NHS, UK, government, howe, rare diseases
The UK government has set out new plans to improve the lives of patients with rare diseases by 2020. The …
Gilead expands UK presence with new London HQ
February 10, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, Gilead, London, NICE, UK, johnson, medcity, sovaldi, uxbridge
Gilead is to create a new UK commercial secondary headquarters in central London doubling its UK workforce to 600 by …
NHS reform was ‘distracting and damaging’
February 6, 2015Sales and Marketing CDF, Cameron, NHS, UK, coalition, healthcare, king's fund
Healthcare think tank The King’s Fund has said through a report that organisational changes to the NHS under the coalition …
Flu vaccine ineffective against this season’s strain
February 6, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing A(H3N2, Public Health England, UK, Vaccine, WHO, flu, phe
This season’s flu vaccine has provided little protection against the main strain circulating in the UK according to a new …
UK makes £30m investment in T-Cell cancer therapy
January 22, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Autolus, Cancer, London, T cell, UK, government, oncology, syncona
The UK is making a £30 million R&D investment into a promising new type of cancer treatment and is to …
NICE releases reflux disease guidelines
January 15, 2015Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, UK, gor, gord, h2ra
NICE has released new guidelines providing doctors with advice on how to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) in young people. …
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 …
Government plans £6 billion precision medicine strategy
December 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Cell Therapy Catapult, Ebola, George Osborne, UK, government
The government has committed to a £6 billion investment in scientific research and development as part of its science and …
Cell Therapy Catapult to build £55 million bioscience campus
December 17, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cell Therapy Catapult, UK, bioscience, research, stevenage
UK firm The Cell Therapy Catapult has chosen to build a £55 million state-of-the-art cell therapy manufacturing centre in Stevenage. …
Government seeks stakeholder consultation over NICE
December 4, 2014Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE, UK, emms, freeman, government, ndpb
NICE stakeholders are being asked for their views on its future as part of the government’s ongoing review into the …
NICE recommends test to reduce antibiotic use
December 3, 2014Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, GPs, NICE, UK, doctors, icl, pneumonia
NICE guidelines say GPs should use point of care blood tests to assess which patients to prescribe antibiotics for bacterial …
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