United Kingdom

UK-based drugmaker Shire has announced positive results for 2007, driven by good performances form its leading products and the emergence of Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate),... 2008-02-25

A team of British scientists has been sent to India in order to promote the UK as a destination for hi-tech research in areas such as stem-cell technology and biotech. This is an... 2008-02-22

In a critique of the UK's National Health Service (NHS), thinktank

In what could be a damaging move for sales of certain products, although ultimately positive for some antidepressants, ,the UK is considering giving every new drug licensed in the... 2008-02-12

UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has announced that turnover fell marginally in 2007, to US$22.7bn (US$44.3bn) after safety warnings had an impact on sales of its leading diabetes... 2008-02-11

The biotechnology sector in the UK could start to suffer from the current turmoil in the global credit market as funding streams begin to dry up.

Three leading pharmaceutical companies have become the focus of investigations into allegations of corruption involving UK firms that exported goods to Iraq through the UN's oil-for-food... 2007-12-31

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

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