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UK government cautious on trial transparency
June 4, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, UK, alltrials, transparency
Two ministers with responsibility for life sciences in the UK struck a cautious note over clinical trial transparency at an …
£3.5 million for health charities
April 18, 2013Sales and Marketing NHS, UK
A raft of voluntary of charities and community groups are to share £3.5 million in the next financial year as …
Budget 2013: pharma ‘pleased’
March 21, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Budget, Osborne, UK
Pharma and health bodies have broadly given George Osborne’s Budget a warm welcome, with cuts in corporation tax, increased R&D …
UK lag in early deaths
March 5, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Gates, Lancet, UK
The UK is lagging behind other developed nations when it comes to preventing early deaths from a number of diseases, …
NHS Commissioning Board appoints new director of Patient Experience
March 4, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CB, Churchill, NHS, UK
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Neil Churchill as the director of Patient Experience. In this new role Churchill will ensure that improving patient …
NHS expertise sold abroad
January 31, 2013Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, government, outsourcing
The government has set up an organisation which will seek to maximise revenue from foreign firms and governments for the …
Growth in GP drug prescriptions
December 11, 2012Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, UK, doctors, prescribing
The volume of GP-prescribed drugs grew by an annual average of 8.4% in the years 1995-2010, according to new government …
‘Open door’ for pharma
December 6, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NICE, Pharmafocus, Prescriber, UK
The NHS’s new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will be more welcoming to approaches from pharma than the old PCTs were, …
ABPI slams NHS findings
October 18, 2012Sales and Marketing ABPI, Lucentis, NICE, UK
The ABPI has expressed concern at a report by the NHS’s Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) which suggests …
NICE publishes first off-label summary
October 18, 2012Sales and Marketing NICE, UK, prescribing
In a radical change to its modus operandi, NICE has published the first in an ongoing series of assessments of …
Government showcases dementia research
October 11, 2012Sales and Marketing Cameron, DH, UK, dementia
The government is attempting to encourage international organisations to help the UK’s efforts to find better treatments for dementia. An …
Eisai launches epilepsy drug in UK
September 14, 2012Sales and Marketing Eisai, UK, epilepsy
Eisai has launched its first-in-class epilepsy drug Fycompa in the UK, prior to a roll-out in EU member states including …
ABPI worried by public ignorance about medicines
August 31, 2012Sales and Marketing ABPI, UK
People in the UK are misinformed about how much medicines cost to discover, develop and launch, according to a new …
UK government pushes through formulary changes
August 22, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NICE, PCTs, UK, lottery, prescribing
The government has written to NHS prescribing leads telling them they must start to incorporate NICE guidance into their formularies. …
UK doctors not going digital for product information
August 22, 2012Medical Communications GPs, UK, digital, doctorsnet
A new survey has revealed that the majority of doctors in the UK are not looking online for information about …
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