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UK government cautious on trial transparency

June 4, 2013
Research 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 …

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£3.5 million for health charities

April 18, 2013
Sales 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 …

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Budget 2013: pharma ‘pleased’

March 21, 2013
Manufacturing 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 …

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UK lag in early deaths

March 5, 2013
Medical 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, …

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NHS Commissioning Board appoints new director of Patient Experience

March 4, 2013
Manufacturing 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 …

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NHS expertise sold abroad

January 31, 2013
Sales 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 …

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Growth in GP drug prescriptions

December 11, 2012
Sales 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 …

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‘Open door’ for pharma

December 6, 2012
Sales 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, …

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ABPI slams NHS findings

October 18, 2012
Sales 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 …

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NICE publishes first off-label summary

October 18, 2012
Sales 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 …

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Government showcases dementia research

October 11, 2012
Sales 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 …

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Eisai launches epilepsy drug in UK

September 14, 2012
Sales 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 …

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ABPI worried by public ignorance about medicines

August 31, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, UK

People in the UK are misinformed about how much medicines cost to discover, develop and launch, according to a new …

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UK government pushes through formulary changes

August 22, 2012
Sales 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. …

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UK doctors not going digital for product information

August 22, 2012
Medical 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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