Industry Developments

The European Commission (EC) is to propose the creation of a single market for health through the 27-member European Union.

Swiss drug maker Novartis has agreed a deal with the UK's medicine advisory body the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to create a clinical trial that measures the... 2007-12-19

A research collaboration has been announced between the UK's PepTcell and Argentina's Gador S.A. that hopes to develop a vaccine against Chagas disease. Under the collaboration, PepTcell... 2007-12-19

France's government healthcare advisory body - La Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) - has concluded that the country should reform the way that chronic diseases are treated.

As the debate over reform to the US healthcare system continues, the Democratic Party - which has a powerful position in Congress- is thought to be considering whether to support... 2007-12-18

UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has gained approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for its breast-cancer drug Tykerb (lapatinib), touted by many as a potential... 2007-12-17

In response to the tough operating environment currently being experienced by multinational pharmaceutical companies, Swiss giant

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) claims that new direct-to-pharmacy (DTP) models in the wholesaling sector could result in hundreds of millions of pounds of extra costs for the... 2007-12-13

UK-based consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser has increased its footprint in the healthcare market after making a bid of US$2.2bn for US OTC company Adams Respiratory Therapeutics... 2007-12-12

A recent study published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health claims that the cost of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)... 2007-12-03