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GSK funnels another £200m into UK manufacturing

December 12, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GSK, Taylor, UK, manufacturing

GlaxoSmithKline has made good on a pledge to invest in UK-based production, with £200 million ($328m) earmarked for plant upgrades …

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J&J chooses UK as a new hub to ‘listen’ for innovation

December 10, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, UK, innovation, research

Johnson & Johnson has chosen the UK as its formal European hub after announcing the creation of five new sites …

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£10 million competition for gene mapping

December 3, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DNA, UK, cansar, genes, mapping

The Department of Health has launched a £10 million competition to fund businesses working on new technology which will map …

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Cancer Research UK invests £100m in research centres

November 25, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Research UK, UK

Cancer Research UK says it will invest over £100 million across 15 cutting-edge research centres to help get new treatments …

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NHS responds to Mid Staffs

November 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS, UK

The government has accepted 281 out of the 290 recommendations contained in the Francis report – the damning document published …

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Global prescriptions cost to hit $1 trillion

November 20, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IMS, UK, prescriptions

The worldwide cost of medicine prescriptions will for the first time hit $1 trillion next year as drugs get more …

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Charge more for prescriptions in England, say Reform

November 19, 2013
Sales and Marketing GP, NHS, UK, doctors, prescriptions, reform

Increase prescriptions to £10 and charge the same amount to see a GP if you want to help the NHS …

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‘Old fashioned’ doctors in new GP contract

November 15, 2013
Sales and Marketing BMA, GP, Hunt, Labour, NHS, UK, doctors

The government is changing GPs’ contract with the NHS in a bid to “bring back old-fashioned family doctors” who will …

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UK to launch DNA database

November 8, 2013
Sales and Marketing DNA, UK, crispr, genome

Volunteers prepared to share their DNA with the rest of the world are being sought by scientists in the UK, …

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Shire to cut UK research jobs says source

November 7, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing England, Shire, UK, cuts

Rumours are growing that Shire will be cutting dozens of research posts at its R&D centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire. This …

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UK is the go-to place for developing medicines

November 5, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, Cell Medica, ReNeuron, UK

The BioIndustry Association (BIA) has said that the UK is clearly the must-go-to location for regenerative medicine research and development. …

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NHS procurement drive ‘to save £1.5 billion’

August 5, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, procurement

A blueprint for saving the NHS £1.5 billion has been launched by the government in a bid to ensure that …

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Dementia rates declining in UK

July 17, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, UK, brain, dementia

A new study has found that the rate of dementia in Britain has decreased over the past two decades, contrary …

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Watermeadow shortlisted for medical education award

July 1, 2013
Medical Communications Communique, Excellence in Ophthalmology, UK, Watermeadow Medical, award-winning agency, finalist, medical education, ophthalmology, programme

Watermeadow Medical is delighted that one of its educational programmes has been shortlisted for the ‘Excellence in Professional Education Programmes’ …

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UK government keen to reduce drugs bill

June 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, UK, VBP

The government has shown its hand in the drug pricing debate after asking for a 20% price cut on some …

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