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Hunt sets out plans for expanded NHS budget

December 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing Budget, Hunt, NHS, UK, election, health, king's fund

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out his plans for the future of the NHS in a speech to parliament, …

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MHRA approves Google gene test for UK

December 2, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, DNA, FDA, MHRA, UK, US, gene, google, test

The MHRA has approved a controversial genetic test for the UK – despite it being banned by the US FDA. …

£2 billion government plan to ‘save the NHS’

December 1, 2014
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George Osborne in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday will announce an extra £2 billion funding for the NHS in an attempt …

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George Freeman: UK pharma is vital for our landscape

December 1, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, UK, WHO, freeman, medicine, stratified

The ABPI says the UK has an opportunity to benefit from stratified medicine, and the body’s 2014 conference held in …

UK lags behind in healthcare outcomes index

November 26, 2014
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Whilst healthcare outcomes in the UK arguably remain among the best in the world according to recent findings by The …

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NICE aims for earlier cancer diagnosis

November 20, 2014
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NICE is updating its guidance in a bid to help doctors spot the signs and symptoms of cancer as part …

NICE wants more Xolair data

November 19, 2014
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 Novartis has been asked in draft guidance to give NICE more information before the watchdog can recommend its veteran asthma …

NHS Better Care Fund lacks guidance, says watchdog

November 12, 2014
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A much-lauded project to reduce unnecessary hospital visits and shift care into the community will fall well short of its …

GPs to ‘prescribe’ apps

November 11, 2014
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General practitioners in the UK are to begin ‘prescribing’ health apps as part of a move to better monitor issues …

UK government and partners pay £230m for disease research

October 23, 2014
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A new partnership led by the Medical Research Council and the UK government will invest over £230 million in a …

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NICE under increased pressure over conflicts of interest

October 22, 2014
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A group of influential doctors is calling on the government to tighten up NICE’s conflicts of interests policy. In a …

Pharmacists could save the NHS £1.1 billion

October 20, 2014
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New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society shows that common ailments such as coughs and sore throats cost the NHS …

NICE releases ‘person-centred’ medicines optimisation guidelines

October 14, 2014
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NICE has recently released the draft of its first guidance on medicines optimisation that it hopes will be more person-centered …

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Pharma and transparency: actions speak louder than words

October 13, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, UK, alltrials, andrew powrie-smith, hcp, transparency

As an industry we continue to deliver innovative, life changing medicines and rewrite the story of many diseases, yet our …

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Texas Ebola victim dies as diseases spreads

October 9, 2014
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A Liberian national named Thomas Eric Duncan has died in an isolation ward of a Dallas, Texas hospital after being …

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