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Pharma contributes £32 billion to UK economy

March 26, 2015
Sales 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 …

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£3 million government boost for stem cells

March 26, 2015
Research 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 …

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Budget 2015: £1.25 billion boost for mental health services

March 20, 2015
Sales 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 …

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New details of Innovative Medicines review disclosed

March 11, 2015
Research 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 …

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Government lays out rare diseases plan

March 5, 2015
Sales 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 …

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Gilead expands UK presence with new London HQ

February 10, 2015
Research 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 …

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NHS reform was ‘distracting and damaging’

February 6, 2015
Sales 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 …

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Flu vaccine ineffective against this season’s strain

February 6, 2015
Research 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 …

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UK makes £30m investment in T-Cell cancer therapy

January 22, 2015
Research 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 …

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NICE releases reflux disease guidelines

January 15, 2015
Sales 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. …

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NHS searches for healthcare innovators

January 8, 2015
Medical 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 …

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Government plans £6 billion precision medicine strategy

December 18, 2014
Research 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 …

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Cell Therapy Catapult to build £55 million bioscience campus

December 17, 2014
Research 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. …

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Government seeks stakeholder consultation over NICE

December 4, 2014
Sales 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 …

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NICE recommends test to reduce antibiotic use

December 3, 2014
Sales 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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