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Germany and UK to seize control of medicines prices
July 1, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, Lansley, PPRS, UK, global pricing, price cuts
Major changes are afoot in Germany and the UK, the last two European countries with ‘free pricing’ of pharmaceuticals. Governments …
Patrick Walker appointed to PPRS resolution panel
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing DH, UK, appointment, sales and marketing
The Department of Health has appointed Patrick Walker to chair the Dispute Resolution Panel for UK pricing system the Pharmaceutical …
Xeloda for gastric cancer gains NICE nod
June 2, 2010Sales and Marketing UK, Xeloda
NICE has recommended Roche’s Xeloda as a first line treatment of inoperable advanced gastric cancer.The cost-effectiveness body says the oral …
UK appoints interim chief medical officer
May 18, 2010NHS, UK, appointment
Professor Dame Sally Davies will take on the role of interim chief medical officer when Sir Liam Donaldson retires as …
ABPI appoints Roche’s Paul Catchpole
April 20, 2010Sales and Marketing ABPI, UK, appointment, sales and marketing
UK industry association the ABPI has appointed Paul Catchpole as director of value and access. He will join the association …
Helen Gordon to lead new pharmacy body
March 26, 2010UK, appointment, rpsgb
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has appointed Helen Gordon chief executive of its new professional leadership body. The Society is in …
Pfizer and King’s to collaborate on pain research
March 9, 2010Research and Development King's, Pfizer, UK
Pfizer has partnered with King’s College London to create an open innovation laboratory for pain research.The project will include a …
Baroness Thornton joins the Department of Health
February 23, 2010DH, UK, appointment
Baroness Thornton has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Health. Prior to this she was government …
National clinical directors appointed
January 26, 2010NHS, UK, appointment, dementia, elderly, liver disease
A trio of national clinical directors, whose areas of influence cover dementia, older people and liver disease, have been appointed …
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz to step down from the MRC
January 19, 2010MRC, UK, appointment
The Medical Research Council’s chief executive Sir Leszek Borysiewicz is stepping down later this year to become vice chancellor of …
Charles Gutteridge appointed health informatics ‘tsar’
January 7, 2010DH, NHS, UK, appointment, informatics
The Department of Health has appointed its first national clinical director for informatics. Charles Gutteridge has been medical director at …
NICE chief executive knighted in New Year’s honours
January 6, 2010Andrew Dillon, NHS, NICE, UK, appointment
Andrew Dillon, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has been knighted in the 2010 …
Sir Liam Donaldson steps down as England’s chief medical officer
December 18, 2009Liam Donaldson, NHS, UK, appointment
England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson will step down in May 2010 after 12 years of service. Details for …
AstraZeneca’s Chris Brinsmead and ex-health minister Lord Darzi appointed ambassadors for UK lifescience
December 15, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Darzi, UK, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
AstraZeneca UK’s chairman Chris Brinsmead and former health minister Lord Ara Darzi are among six newly appointed private sector business …
Professor Chris Ham to lead The King’s Fund from April, 2010
December 3, 2009Sales and Marketing UK, appointment, king's fund
Professor Chris Ham has been appointed new chief executive of UK health think tank The King’s Fund.Professor Ham, currently professor …
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