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Hunt sets out plans for expanded NHS budget
December 3, 2014Sales 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, …
MHRA approves Google gene test for UK
December 2, 2014Medical 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, 2014Sales and Marketing Conservatives, NHS, Osborne, UK, balls, election, spending
George Osborne in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday will announce an extra £2 billion funding for the NHS in an attempt …
George Freeman: UK pharma is vital for our landscape
December 1, 2014Manufacturing 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, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Japan, NHS, UK, WHO, economist, health outcomes
Whilst healthcare outcomes in the UK arguably remain among the best in the world according to recent findings by The …
NICE aims for earlier cancer diagnosis
November 20, 2014Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, NICE, OECD, UK, baker
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, 2014Sales and Marketing Genentech, NHS, NICE, Novartis, UK, Xolair, hives, omalizumab
Novartis has been asked in draft guidance to give NICE more information before the watchdog can recommend its veteran asthma …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, 2014Sales and Marketing England, NHS, UK, better care fund, nao
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, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Frost & Sullivan, GPs, NHS, Samsung, UK, apps, eHealth, prescribing
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, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, London, MRC, Osborne, UK, Wellcome Trust, dementia, research
A new partnership led by the Medical Research Council and the UK government will invest over £230 million in a …
NICE under increased pressure over conflicts of interest
October 22, 2014Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, NICE, UK, baker, conflict, mccoll, wollaston
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, 2014Sales and Marketing GP, GPs, NHS, UK, pharmacists
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, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE, UK, WHO, Whitehead
NICE has recently released the draft of its first guidance on medicines optimisation that it hopes will be more person-centered …
Pharma and transparency: actions speak louder than words
October 13, 2014Business 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 …
Texas Ebola victim dies as diseases spreads
October 9, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Chicago O’Hare, Ebola, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Newark Liberty, Thomas Eric Duncan, UK, US, Washington Dulles
A Liberian national named Thomas Eric Duncan has died in an isolation ward of a Dallas, Texas hospital after being …
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