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Glenis Willmott

EU votes for trial transparency

April 3, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EU, Goldacre, UK, alltrials, transparency, willmott

Europe took a decisive step toward forcing pharma to open up its clinical trial data last night, after the EU …

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‘Stakes never higher’ for NHS

April 2, 2014
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS England, Simon Stevens, UK

The new boss of NHS England has warned that he will not be able to fix its problems and said …

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Life sciences boost from government

March 31, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, UK, government, life sciences, medcity

The UK government is to launch an improved offering for the life sciences sector by combining the functions of the …

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Stelara hit by final NICE rejection

March 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing Janssen, NICE, UK, arthritis, psoriatic, stelar

In final draft guidance released today NICE says it cannot recommend Janssen’s psoriatic arthritis drug Stelara. Specifically, the pricing watchdog …

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NHS unions threaten action

March 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, UK, nhsprb, nurses

Unions representing NHS staff in England have reacted strongly to a new round of below-inflation pay rises and have threatened …

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MPs back ultra-rare disease treatment

March 12, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, NHS, UK, bates, personalised, rare disease, research

 

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Sizeable increase to NHS prescription fees

March 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Lamb, NHS, UK, howe, prescriptions

The UK government has confirmed that NHS prescription charges will go up by 40p to £8.25 over the next two …

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Government questions innovation uptake by doctors

February 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Hunt, NHS, PPRS, UK, doctors

The government has launched a consultation which aims to establish whether doctors are being held back from using innovative treatments, …

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MPs concerned about care.data

February 27, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Dorrell, HSCIC, MPs, NHS, UK, care data, care.data, data

MPs have expressed concerns about security in the delayed NHS care.data programme which will see medical information routinely swapped between …

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Doctors highlight NHS data concerns

February 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, RGCP, UK, care data, doctors

Senior doctors have voiced their worries about the public’s lack of preparedness for the government’s planned roll-out of patient data …

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New chief executive for Biotec

February 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biotec, UK, withey

Pharma supplies firm Biotec Services International has promoted Dr Fiona Withey to the position of chief executive.



  Withey joined the …

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Three new entries to Cancer Drugs Fund

February 5, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Kadcyla, NHS, Tafinlar, UK, xofigo

Three drugs – Roche’s Kadcyla, Bayer’s Xofigo and GlaxoSmithKline’s Tafinlar – have been added to England’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF). …

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UK invests in Oxford bioscience site

January 31, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Milton Park, Oxford, UK, bioscience, government

The government is putting £7 million into Milton Park, near Oxford, to boost the building of a new laboratory and …

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Mail backs down over NICE ‘champagne perks’ attack

January 24, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Daily Mail, NHS, NICE, UK, spending

The Daily Mail newspaper has backed down on an article it published earlier this month, which alleged that staff at …

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UK government creates apocalyptic app

December 13, 2013
Medical Communications UK, digital, government, the walk

The Department of Health has this week released an Apple and Android game app designed to get the UK public …

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