All Pharma articles – Page 30
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HSJ Local
Royal Liverpool submits planning application for BioInnovation centre
COMMERCIAL: The trust has submitted a planning application for a 70,000 sq ft Liverpool BioInnovation Centre, to provide commercial scale laboratory space to develop new treatments and medical technologies for the market.
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NewsLansley vows to enforce drugs access rules
Legislation meant to end the variable access to drugs in NHS hospitals will be enforced, the health secretary has told the Commons.
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HSJ KnowledgeUnderstanding non-compliance to improve patient behaviours
There are many myths about compliance in patient behaviour, writes Jane Shirely, so getting to the truth of the matter is important if rates of non-compliance and their costly consequences are to be reduced.
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NewsClinical data regulation not robust, say experts
Leading doctors have called for an end to “incomplete data disclosure” and more robust regulation of information in clinical trials.
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CommentMichael White: the eternal tension of national vs regional policy
David Cameron’s new plan to open up NHS medical records to high-tech life science researchers is a bit like chancellor George Osborne’s proposal in last week’s autumn statement to boost the regional economies in those parts of Britain that are suffering most in the downturn.
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CommentMedia Watch: pensions play second fiddle patient privacy
The NHS has been all over the front pages during the past week or so, and not all of it to do with public sector strikes.
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NewsPatient data 'assurances' needed for private sector data sharing - Burnham
Government plans to give NHS patients’ details to private firms developing new drugs must give “assurance” that privacy safeguards will be in place.
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NewsPrivacy concerns over Cameron NHS data sharing plan
The prime minister David Cameron will today signal controversial moves to boost the economy by sharing NHS data with private healthcare companies.
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HSJ Local
UHB to become 'magnet' for pharma money and clinical research after hook-up with uni
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust and the University of Birmingham has today announced a joint working agreement to be known as Birmingham Health Partners (BHP).
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NewsPharma suppliers put export ahead of NHS - Burns
Drugs for NHS patients are being delayed because suppliers make more money by selling medication to eurozone countries, the government has said.
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NewsGuidance 'misconstrued' as commissioners restrict drugs
Primary care trusts are “misconstruing” official drugs guidance in order to restrict access to treatments, a coalition of patient bodies has warned.
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HSJ Local
South West trusts sign pharma research deal
COMMERCIAL: Five NHS trusts have begun working with the world’s biggest biopharmaceutical company to provide patients for clinical trials.
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HSJ KnowledgeManaging medicines: avoiding ethical and legal difficulties
Substituting expensive medicines for less costly alternatives might be a measure earmarked for cutting costs, but financial and legal issues surround this approach and need careful adherence, warns Peter Feldschreiber.
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HSJ Local
Hospital pharmacy shop opens at East Cheshire
COMMERCIAL: An over-the-counter pharmacy shop has been opened this month at Macclesfield District General Hospital.
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SupplementsHarnessing pharmacy to help deliver QIPP - an HSJ supplement
HSJ, in association with Lloyds Pharmacy, convened a roundtable discussion on how hospital pharmacy can cut costs and improve care through extended services, partnerships with the community and private sectors - and using robot assistants. Ingrid Torjesen reports.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan competition transform healthcare delivery in the NHS?
With competition at the core of the government’s NHS redesign, the goal should be improved health output at lower cost. But can competition be used to improve healthcare without increasing market costs or slashing employee compensation and engagement, asks Stephen Sellery.
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News£625m synthetic insulin had 'no clinical benefit'
The NHS has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on synthetic insulin unnecessarily over the past decade, according to a report published today.
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HSJ Local
Co-op wins Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals FT contract
COMMERCIAL: The Co-operative Pharmacy has been awarded a seven year outpatient dispensing contract with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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NewsPharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the NHS to be more open to research projects which could illuminate the wider societal benefits of treatment.
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HSJ Local
Kent named as a ‘Healthy Living Pharmacy’ pathfinder
STRUCTURE: Kent has been selected as one of 20 national pathfinders sites for Healthy Living Pharmacies, which integrate pharmacy services with public health.
