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EU votes for trial transparency
April 3, 2014Research 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 …
‘Stakes never higher’ for NHS
April 2, 2014Sales 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 …
Life sciences boost from government
March 31, 2014Research 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 …
Stelara hit by final NICE rejection
March 28, 2014Sales 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In final draft guidance released today NICE says it cannot recommend Janssen’s psoriatic arthritis drug Stelara.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 …
NHS unions threaten action
March 14, 2014Sales 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 …
Sizeable increase to NHS prescription fees
March 12, 2014Sales 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 …
Government questions innovation uptake by doctors
February 28, 2014Medical 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, …
MPs concerned about care.data
February 27, 2014Medical 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 …
Doctors highlight NHS data concerns
February 13, 2014Medical 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 …
New chief executive for Biotec
February 12, 2014Manufacturing 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 …
Three new entries to Cancer Drugs Fund
February 5, 2014Research 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). …
UK invests in Oxford bioscience site
January 31, 2014Research 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 …
Mail backs down over NICE ‘champagne perks’ attack
January 24, 2014Medical 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 …
UK government creates apocalyptic app
December 13, 2013Medical 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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