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05/14/2008 07:50 PM

Bupa chief steps down after 12-year stint

When Val Gooding steps down as chief executive of Bupa at the company's annual meeting, it will mark the end of a 12-year association

05/15/2008 03:00 AM

Foundation status target missed

Health ministers have missed by a mile the goal that every NHS hospital should, by March this year, have had the opportunity to become a foundation trust, writes...

05/15/2008 03:00 AM

Patient surveys proposal wins warm reception

Proposals that the NHS should for the first time pay for quality - giving hospitals more if patients report a good outcome from treatment - were given a warm welcome...

05/15/2008 03:00 AM

Hayfever vaccine lift for Allergy

Shares in Allergy Therapeutics rose more than 20 per cent after it said it planned to file with European regulators early next year for an allergy vaccine following...

05/13/2008 10:07 PM

Warning over drug trial's effects on testing

A pioneering clinical trial launched this year by a US-backed research institute may fundamentally reshape relations between payers and the pharmaceutical industry, IMS Health, the healthcare consultancy, warned

05/12/2008 06:43 PM

Southern Cross Healthcare searches for acquisitions

The country's largest provider of healthcare for the elderly said it was keen to buy smaller care home competitors as it increased its acquisition facility from £60m to £108m

05/09/2008 08:20 PM

Sanofi hit by talk of Plavix generic

A version of the French pharmaceutical group's blockbuster blood-thinning treatment could be given the go-ahead, which would sharply cut its sales

05/09/2008 05:45 PM

Optos wins award as it catches Brussels' eye

Dunfermline-based eyecare company, Optos has been awarded a European Commission inventor of the year award for its scanning laser technology

05/09/2008 03:17 AM

Drug side-effects prompt tougher code

Promotional information on medicines produced by British companies must explicitly state that adverse events should be reported amid growing concern from regulators

05/07/2008 06:33 PM

Medicine looks back to its roots

The study and use of local plants and products over many generations ought to provide valuable clues for modern drug developers around the world

05/07/2008 04:44 AM

GSK issues bonds to fund share buy-back

The pharmaceutical group is poised to raise a record $9bn from new corporate bonds as part of plans to increase its gearing to finance an ambitious repurchase plan

05/06/2008 11:20 PM

Profits at Ireland's United Drug rise 15%

United Drug increases underlying first-half profits by 15 per cent in spite of government-imposed price cuts to off-patent drugs

05/06/2008 11:13 PM

China hits at Baxter in heparin probe

Chinese regulators accused US drug company Baxter of failing to co-operate in an investigation over deaths linked to impurities in blood thinner heparin

05/05/2008 05:52 PM

Wal-Mart unveils generic drug plan

Retailer to offer 30-day supplies of over-the-counter generic and branded drugs at its $4 discount price in bid to compete with mail-order drug services

05/05/2008 04:39 PM

E-therapeutics in consultancy move

E-therapeutics is launching a consultancy service to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology groups make their research more cost-effective

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