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UK announces government-wide global health strategy
The UK has launched a new government-wide strategy setting out the way it will work with the World Health Organisation, European Union and other partners to improve health worldwide
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Make NHS drug top-ups the exception, not the rule
Lord Crisp, former chief executive of the NHS, has suggested that topping-up of recommended drugs should be made the exception to the NHS system, rather than the rule.
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Scotland: prescribing costs now top £1 billion
The number of National Health Service (NHS) prescriptions dispensed in Scotland rose 3.1% to 82 million during 2007-8, and the overall cost of pharmaceutical services to NHS Scotland was £1.01 billion, equal to £187 per person registered with a general practitioner (GP), say new government figures.
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Antisoma begins Phase II trial of AS1402 in breast cancer
Antisoma has started a Phase II study evaluating the addition of AS1402 to Novartis? hormone therapy Femara for post-menopausal women receiving first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer
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Tibotec launches HIV drug Intelence in the UK
Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, has launched its HIV drug Intelence in the UK, making it the first new NNRTI to be introduced in a decade
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