29 Oct 08

The following is taken from the ABPI's Press Release dated 29th October 2008
ABPI press office

24 Oct 08

Global survey shows how perceptions of healthcare professionals and patients influence treatment of bipolar disorder
Olwen Glynn Owen - Pharmiweb Field Reporter

24 Oct 08

NHS staff (in England) are making excellent progress against two key priority areas - to reduce waiting times to 18 weeks and cut Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections - statistics released today show.
Editor

23 Oct 08

This brand new report examines the commercial prospects for in vitro diagnostics (IVD) in the global healthcare market. Importantly, this report also covers theranostics, a fusion of drug therapy and diagnostics to optimise efficacy and safety, as well as streamlining drug development.
Editor

21 Oct 08

Boehringer Ingelheim and the search for new targeted cancer treatments
Kelly Smith - OgilvyHealthPR

20 Oct 08

The ever-evolving healthcare industry has very few constants, and the pharmaceutical sales industry is just another piece of the puzzle that is in the middle of a major transformation. For multinationals, eager to sell their drugs in different countries, juggling between scores of different languages and different laws has always proved to be a major dampener.
A. Nair

19 Oct 08

This week, organizations around the globe are working to create awareness and educate people about the signs, symptoms, treatment and prevention of one of the leading causes of death and disability––stroke. Wednesday, 29 October officially marks World Stroke Day.
Alex Young

15 Oct 08

Lilly Commences Cash Tender Offer for ImClone Systems at $70 Per Share
Lilly Newroom

15 Oct 08

Data Indicate Bioabsorbable Stent Platform Has Potential to Become the Next Major Breakthrough in Interventional Treatment
Abbott Newsroom

15 Oct 08

Sales of $15.9 Billion Increased 6.4% Versus a Year Ago; EPS was $1.17 Excluding 2007 Special Items, 2008 Third-Quarter EPS Increased 10.4%*
Johnson & Johnson Newsroom

14 Oct 08

The pharmaceutical industry has often been described as counter-recessionary, the broad logic being that people will always get sick, and hence there will be a continuous demand for drugs. And whilst this may be true at a surface level, a more granular analysis would reveal dissimilarities between different segments of the industry
Paul Hartigan

13 Oct 08

The new oral antidiabetic drugs sitagliptin and vildagliptin work by boosting the guts incretin hormones GLP-1 and GIP to regulate insulin secretion following food intake and glucagon secretion when blood sugar is low.
Olwen Glynn Owen-Pharmiweb Field Reporter

10 Oct 08

Looking for a job as a pharma sales rep or in pharmaceutical marketing? The quickest way to find medical or pharma sales jobs on PharmiWeb.com is to use these quicklinks. You can refine your pharma job search on the search results page, and you can save your search for daily email alerts.
Editor

08 Oct 08

In 2007, the world market for bone metabolism disorder pharmaceuticals generated sales of over $10bn - how much of this market have you captured?
Suvitha Damodaran

08 Oct 08

Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are failing to control patients' pain adequately, and health care professionals are not fully addressing patients' concerns, new research suggests. At the recent Annual Congress of Rheumatology meeting (EULAR) in Paris this summer, findings of a study presented during a UCB-sponsored symposium highlighted a mismatch between perceptions of patients and professionals as to what constitutes effective management of RA
Olwen Glynn Owen - Pharmiweb Field Reporter

30 Sep 08

Deciding whether or not women with breast cancer require adjuvant chemotherapy after removal of the primary tumour has traditionally been based on a series of prognostic clinical features such as tumour size, lymph node involvement, and other factors. If risk of recurrence is deemed low, adjuvant therapy and its associated toxicity can be avoided. Molecular technology is now available to help clinicians decide on the risks of a particular tumour recurring, based on its genetic fingerprint.
Olwen Glynn Owen - Pharmiweb Field reporter

29 Sep 08

A new national guideline will provide clarity on emergency oxygen use in adults
Bansree Takodra

29 Sep 08

Sydney, Australia 29th September, 2008. A recent case heard in the Federal Court of Australia illustrates the need for comprehensive, accurate and regularly updated patent information to ensure that the planned launch of a generic pharmaceutical product is not delayed.
Trevor Giacomelli

24 Sep 08

This months feature focus from PharmiWeb.com covers the difference between a common cold and flu, the various symptoms and recent preventions.
PharmiWeb Editor

22 Sep 08

The job of a medical sales rep. (drug rep, pharmaceutical sales rep) can be an exciting and rewarding one. So what can you do to get a job in this dynamic field?
Editor

12 Sep 08

Frankly speaking, stop the guesswork and open heartedly accept that it's Google's turn now, as the next decade clearly belongs to Google, best not to resist and go with the flow.
Naseem Javed

08 Sep 08

With Google now being 10 years old, a leading medical protection organisation is highlighting the increasing trend towards patient using the search engine for online self-diagnosis.
Ciara Brannigan

08 Sep 08

Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition affecting movements such as walking, talking, and writing. It is named after Dr. James Parkinson (1755-1824), the London doctor who first identified Parkinson's as a specific condition.
Parkinson's Disease Society

08 Sep 08

Survey finds 38% of GP practices are currently underprepared for a flu pandemic, and one in ten do not have any emergency recovery plans in place.
Stuart Gidden

05 Sep 08

All industries today face perpetual change and the need to cope with new challenges; nowhere is this trend more prevalent than in the life sciences industries, ie pharmaceuticals, biotech, diagnostics, medical devices and healthcare services.
Roger Anderson

02 Sep 08

With these increasing pressures upon the pharmaceuticals industry, it has never been more important to formulate an accurately informed pricing strategy
Visiongain

29 Aug 08

A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometers away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17,400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8.
WHO

15 Aug 08

The UK government have told kidney cancer patients that new drugs cannot be offered on the National Health Service. Roche's Avastin, Bayer's Nexavar, Pfizer's Sutent and Wyeth's Torisel were not cost-effective. The drugs known generically as bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib and temsirolimus should therefore not be a treatment option for advanced and/or metastatic kidney cancer, NICE said.
Visiongain

14 Aug 08

This feature 'What is Eczema?' is one of three features that focuses on the topic of skin conditions.
Pharmiweb Editor

14 Aug 08

This feature 'What is Psoriasis?' is one of three features that focuses on the topic of skin conditions.
Pharmiweb Editor