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09 Dec 11
It is estimated that long term sickness absence costs the UK economy almost £9 billion each year due to 140 million days lost as sickness absence. With an already failing economy, it is no wonder then that alongside a number of employment law reforms aimed at tackling the economic crisis, this is another area under scrutiny.
David Blomfield
05 Dec 11
Employee Value Propositions (EVP) and attractive incentives are once again in focus as employers consider candidates who have potential rather than solely those who are an exact fit for the role, says recruiting experts Hays.
HAYS
23 Nov 11
ABBYY and partner Document Genetics team up to streamline critical business processes
ABBYY
14 Nov 11
New data on UCB’s anti-TNF biologic certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), disclosed this week in several poster presentations during the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), show the treatment works well in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients irrespective of prior exposure to other biologics, and that results are sustained over 28 weeks.
Olwen Glynn Owen - Pharmiweb Field Reporter
01 Nov 11
We’re seeing increasing demand for pharma marketing solutions to be based on the iPad, and it’s not hard to see why. The pace at which the industry continues its move away from paper-based detail aids seems to be increasing. But what’s interesting is that remote ‘self-service’ edetailing does not seem to be growing at the same rate. The predicted disintermediation of the traditional field sales model hasn’t happened.
Paul Hartigan
26 Oct 11
CPL Pharma Lager and Vertrieb GmbH designs and performs tailor-made logistics solutions for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry throughout Germany and Austria.
Mark Hook, Ascent PR
10 Oct 11
In the aftermath of last year’s inconclusive General Election — and the subsequent emergence of the Coalition Government — you’d have been forgiven for thinking that ‘deficit reduction’ was the only buzzword in town.
Max Golby
06 Oct 11
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany, in partnership with the European Head and Neck Society (EHNS), will convene an expert panel of physicians, who will issue a call-to-action that will focus on providing tailored information, advice and better support networks to head and neck cancer patients.
Merck Serono
04 Oct 11
We recently ran a survey to ask people about the work they do when they are on vacation. It makes interesting reading!
Mike Wood
03 Oct 11
NICE is a world-renowned, independent organisation responsible for providing national recommendations on the use of new and existing medicines and treatments within the NHS, through the Technology Appraisal Programme. The Scientific Advice Programme provides not-for-profit chargeable consulting services to companies who have products in development that may be referred for future evaluation by NICE.
NICE
29 Sep 11
New drug formulations, biological agents, combination therapies and the latest pharmaceutical developments designed to improve outcomes in patients with a wide range of cancers were highlighted at EMCC 2001. Here are just a few of the highlights:
Stephen Pinn
26 Sep 11
Science is always at its most exciting when it looks to the far horizons. And the unavoidably controversial yet incredibly promising area of stem cell science provides arguably one of the most apt examples.
Max Golby
20 Sep 11
Social media has probably become one of the most important forms of communication and interaction to date, and it is here to stay.
Burton Paul
07 Sep 11
There’s a drugs shortage in America. That the construction of such a sentence is possible seems baffling for a nation that has led the world in medical innovation for decades.
Max Golby
31 Aug 11
Esther Dyson the Great Dame of Silicon Valley, at times matriarch to Bill Gates and many other lads on the innovative circuit, wrote a harsh column August 26th on GPS CNN on ICANN gTLD. I like and respect Esther especially her technical background, we have shared the podium, but as this topic deals with the centrality of global corporate nomenclature it demands an authoritative analysis and I feel it’s my responsibility to clarify and taken the liberty to address her entire piece item by item.
Naseem Javed
25 Aug 11
How common is it to work during your vacation? - Take our short survey.
Mike Wood
17 Aug 11
For recent graduates from science, medicine, or mathematics programs, applying for work in the ever-expanding pharmaceutical industry can be an intelligent choice for both career and financial stability. Depending on the industry upon which you choose to focus, the rules and expectations during the interview process can vary.
Terri Ingot
17 Aug 11
Almost irrespective of the country you live in, the increasing costs of healthcare are unavoidable. For governments, the stresses are particularly acute, as both aging populations and the increasing cost of treatments add financial pressures year on year. Yet as a new study by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) confirms, we should not underestimate the extent to which the shape of the state has already changed.
Max Golby - PharmiWeb Field Reporter
04 Aug 11
Find out about the latest jobs that match your search - automatically.
Mike Wood
27 Jun 11
At a moment when the national discourse on international aid is grounded in pessimism, David Cameron’s pledge to commit £814m to help vaccinate the world’s poorest children provides an necessary reminder of what international aid really can achieve.
Max Golby
31 May 11
Certolizumab pegol (Cimzia ®) delivered rapid and consistent improvements in a broad range of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients after 12 weeks of treatment regardless of whether or not they had received prior TNF inhibitors or whether or not they were receiving concomitant DMARDs, concluded the latest analysis of the Phase III b REALISTIC trial presented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) meeting in London, May 25-28 (abstract FRI021).
Janet Fricker
10 May 11
Both drugs are protease inhibitors (PIs) and are designed to block an enzyme that helps the hepatitis C virus replicate. Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus, which is transmitted through contaminated blood. The infection can cause liver failure and liver cancer.
Rhonda Siddall-Freelance Medical Journalist and Writer
03 May 11
Brand managers and marketing leads are always striving to gain that first step of engagement, particularly in our world of pharmaceutical manufacturing. And with good reason. Customer engagement leads to improved understanding, which drives loyalty and ultimately improved health.
Eric Boothe, Director Business Development—Life Sciences
03 May 11
In competitive job searching, every little helps, and one thing that is often overlooked is your email address.
Mike Wood
14 Apr 11
Want to know which Pharma companies are on Twitter? - here's a list..
Mike Wood
01 Apr 11
This week is Code Awareness Week and the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) is launching an e-learning module for health professionals
Claire Eldridge, Aurora
25 Mar 11
Since the very dawn of Western capitalism, competition has been synonymous with success. Indeed, in accounting for the past 500 years of Western ascendancy in the world, Professor Niall Ferguson of Harvard University points to six ‘killer apps’. The first of these, unsurprisingly, is competition
Max Golby
24 Feb 11
After six months of sometimes lively pursuit, the French pharmaceutical group, Sanofi-aventis, has agreed a deal to pay $20.1bn in cash for U.S. biotech firm Genzyme Corp after Sanofi made an increased offer of $74 per share.
Max Golby - PharmiWeb Field Reporter
22 Feb 11
Social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter are all the rage – there’s no escaping them, they’re everywhere – even in the workplace, and whether you like it or not, they’re not going away.
Catherine Gutsell, CK Group
18 Feb 11
NextPharma is lowering healthcare costs in an environment of continuing Pharma industry restructuring
NextPharma
