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Nature Publishing Group and Sermo partner to help physicians |
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Friday, 18 January 2008 |
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Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Sermo, the largest online physician community in the US, announced a partnership to facilitate the discussion and interpretation of content in leading NPG medical journals by US physicians. |
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New Online Social Network, BioMedExperts, to Improve Collaboration Among Medical Researchers |
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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Collexis Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of high definition search and knowledge discovery software, announced the debut of BioMedExperts - the first online social network of its kind to improve collaboration among researchers and therefore advance medical science. Collexis launched the new service with more than 1.4 million pre-generated profiles of its expected users from across 120 countries and expects to grow by another two million profiles over the next few months. |
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EU Pharmacovigilance Strategy: Public consultation on draft legislative proposals |
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
 DG Enterprise and Industry wishes to consult stakeholders on legislative proposals to strengthen and rationalise the EU system of pharmacovigilance. The Commission services conducted a previous consultation, between 16 March 2006 and 12 May 2006, which sought stakeholders' views on the strengths and weaknesses of the current EU system of pharmacovigilance and how the system could be strengthened. |
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The Largest Pharmaceutical Companies and Britain's Serious Fraud Office in the News |
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
Oil-for-food: UK probe to cover more companies
A UK government probe into whether GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly & Co bribed the Saddam Hussein administration in Iraq may expand to other...
British ask Lilly for data on Iraq sales
British fraud investigators are questioning Eli Lilly and Co. and at least two other drug makers about possible kickbacks they paid to trade...
UK pulls Glaxo into Iraq fraud probe
Serious Fraud Office has requested documents from GlaxoSmithKline as part of an investigation into kickbacks or bribes that may have... |
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Transinsight's GoPubMed with Social Networking Features for Biomedical Experts |
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Biomedical research happens in networks of researchers. Social networking web sites like FaceBook, LinkedIn and Xing use personal networks to establish contacts. On these sites, however, connections must be defined by the users themselves. For the first time, GoPubMed now completely and automatically extracts collaboration networks from millions of biomedical science publications. |
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EMEA concludes new advice to doctors and patients for Champix needed |
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
 The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has concluded that updated warnings to doctors and patients are needed to increase awareness of cases of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts reported in patients using Champix (varenicline), a medicine indicated for smoking cessation in adults. |
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EMEA recommends withdrawal of the marketing authorisations for lumiracoxib-containing medicines |
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Friday, 14 December 2007 |
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The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended the withdrawal of the marketing authorisations for all lumiracoxib-containing medicines, because of the risk of serious side effects affecting the liver. Lumiracoxib is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that belongs to the group 'COX-2 inhibitors'. It is used for symptomatic relief in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. |
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5. In the Absence of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising, Online Content Is Critical |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
 European consumers have been a longneglected piece of the strategic puzzle for most marketers at health and pharmaceutical companies. Yet, signs increasingly point to the degree to which European consumers are, in fact, researching health information and treatment options, and ultimately taking action as a result of those information searches - as outlined in the trend above. |
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4. Empowered European Consumers Speak with Their Physician about Information Found Online |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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The Internet's role is increasing in the patient-physician relationship and having an impact on which treatment decisions are being implemented. Still, the physician clearly remains the ultimate voice on this front. Be they the "cyberchondriacs" or the "cyber savvy," consumers in Europe are turning to the Internet for self-education, symptom checking, prescription medication comparisons, and disease education. |
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3. Online Physician Portals Evolve into Clinical Resources, Beyond News |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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Traditionally, physicians relied primarily on local content sources for online medical information, such as DiarioMedico in Spain and Doctors.net in the UK. One notable exception of a site that has transcended the country divides has been the Univadis portal from MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme). |
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