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Posted: August 30th, 2009, 11:56pm CEST
As town halls up and down the country feel the pressures of spending constraints, the care industry, which looks after the nation's elderly and infirm, has been particularly hard hit...
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Posted: August 30th, 2009, 8:02pm CEST
Using professional medical writers and editors to improve clarity in manuscripts is acceptable. Ghost-writing, which conceals underlying authorship, influence and financial support, is wrong...
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Posted: August 30th, 2009, 12:38pm CEST
An experimental intravenous drug from Sanofi-Aventis to stop blood clots in people with serious heart conditions has proved successful in a mid-stage trial, researchers said on Sunday...
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Posted: August 27th, 2009, 6:42pm CEST
Increasingly westernised lifestyles amongst people in the Middle East have boosted profits at the generic drug maker from increased sales of hypertension and diabetes drugs...
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Posted: August 26th, 2009, 11:50pm CEST
Since medical technology became a separate industry in its own right, investors have been obsessed. But complications have developed...
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Posted: August 26th, 2009, 11:22pm CEST
Strong demand for its diabetes testing machine, and a shift in its sales mix has more than quadrupled profits...
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Posted: August 26th, 2009, 4:00am CEST
A sharp rise in the past year in the resale of drugs overseas has left pharmaceutical companies scrambling to avoid shortfalls in supply to British patients, according......
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Posted: August 26th, 2009, 2:13am CEST
Four drugs for treating various stages of kidney cancer have been turned down by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in spite of price cuts by the manufacturers...
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Posted: August 24th, 2009, 9:01pm CEST
Takashi Shoda, head of the Japanese pharmaceutical company, has expressed regrets over the high cost of purchase of the Indian generic drugs group while defending the future benefits of the agreement...
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Posted: August 24th, 2009, 7:58pm CEST
Rather than cost savings, the integration will likely require additional spending to manage the expanded operations...
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Posted: August 24th, 2009, 6:37pm CEST
Proctor & Gamble, the US consumer goods company, is to sell its pharmaceuticals business to UK specialty drugs company Warner Chilcott in a $3.1bn cash deal...
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Posted: August 24th, 2009, 12:45am CEST
Warner Chilcott, a specialty drug maker, is acquiring Procter & Gamble's prescription drug business for about $3bn, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday...
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Posted: August 21st, 2009, 7:57pm CEST
Biotechnology group posts a first half operating profit after research and development costs for its Flutiform asthma product fall...
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Posted: August 21st, 2009, 3:22am CEST
ProStrakan reports a boost in revenue due to the strong growth of its drugs portfolio in Europe and the launch of an anti-cancer sickness patch in the US...
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Posted: August 20th, 2009, 11:11pm CEST
Problems facing Americans may prove a boon for healthcare providers elsewhere as rising costs and fierce debate on access to healthcare continuously trouble many countries...
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Posted: August 20th, 2009, 11:11pm CEST
The private sector's role in Canadian healthcare is expanding as governments seek to curb runaway costs while meeting voters' high expectations...
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Posted: August 19th, 2009, 11:23pm CEST
The Obama administration's rush into expanding coverage verges on the reckless, writes Mort Zuckerman. Priorities have to be reversed. America needs specific proposals for cost-effectiveness. It must change the structure of healthcare and then look to expand coverage...
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Posted: August 19th, 2009, 5:49pm CEST
CSL, the southern hemisphere's only influenza vaccine maker and a world leader in blood plasma products, said its swine flu vaccine would boost earnings this year after it reported a 63 per cent jump in full-year net profit...
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Posted: August 19th, 2009, 3:39am CEST
Regulators are concerned that online advertising of potentially fake and dangerous products is continuing in spite of the deaths of consumers who ordered drugs without examination by a doctor...
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Posted: August 18th, 2009, 4:00am CEST
Some of the biggest companies operating in the UK are facing unexpected hitches when hiring hand-picked staff from abroad because of the government's points-based......
