Perrigo Company plc has announced that Neil Lister, Head of Branded Consumer Healthcare’s (Omega Pharma) UK and Ireland Businesses, will head up one leadership team uniting the legacy UK-based Perrigo consumer healthcare and prescription pharmaceutical businesses with the branded consumer healthcare (Omega Pharma) UK organisation. Speaking about his appointment, Neil commented, ‘I am elated to [...]
In December last year, Diurnal completed a successful £30 million IPO on AIM. The Cardiff-based company, which develops innovative approaches to drug delivery, became the third company in Finance Wales’ technology ventures portfolio to be listed on AIM. Diurnal follows in the footsteps of MedaPhor and Q-Chip, which listed following its acquisition by Midatech. Rich [...]
A UCL School of Pharmacy collaboration on a novel infant drug and nutrient breast feeding aid won first prize in Pitch@Palace 5.0. Delivering drugs in a safe, efficacious and robust manner is significantly difficult in children with neonates, being the most challenging sub-population. This is a particular challenge in low resource settings, where access to [...]
Chemists from Queen’s University have developed a new approach which now allows for rapid screening and identification of ‘legal highs’ or novel psychoactive substances (NPS). Conducted by researchers in Queen’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, in conjunction with Forensic Science Northern Ireland, the project was funded by the Department of Justice’s Asset Recovery Community [...]
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has welcomed the Welsh government’s announcement of a national community pharmacy-based NHS common ailments service. The NHS Wales Choose Pharmacy service will be based on two successful pathfinder schemes that have been operating in 32 pharmacies in Cynon Valley and Gwynedd. NPA and Community Pharmacy Wales Board Member, Raj Aggarwal, [...]
The sixth annual Productive Innovation Index released by IDEA Pharma, which ranks biopharmaceutical companies by their ability to successfully bring innovations to market, sees Johnson & Johnson top the industry for the fourth year running. The Productive Innovation Index measures, scores and celebrates a company's ability to deliver innovation to patients, by objectively evaluating performance data based [...]
Mike Thompson has been appointed as Chief Executive of the ABPI, effective 1st March. At the end of 2015, he left GlaxoSmithKline after 20 years with the company, most recently as Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Strategy and Platforms, where he led teams of experts in areas such as multi-channel, payers, market research and [...]
Well has introduced tablet technology, the Well Pad, to care homes across the UK, enabling pharmacists and carers to manage medicines more effectively, saving money and allowing for more resident care time. The technology was developed to revolutionise medicine management in care homes, enabling carers to provide effective treatment for residents, while helping to cut [...]
A newly-launched major collaborative project is set to transform the UK pharmaceutical industry by enabling the manufacturing processes of the innovative medicines of the future to be designed digitally. The ADDoPT (Advanced Digital Design of Pharmaceutical Therapeutics) project addresses a key challenge for the pharmaceutical industry; getting new innovative medicines to market in the quickest [...]
Cardiff University researchers say that an online tool to help pharmacists manage medicines in care homes could improve care and save millions of pounds. A new online tool designed to improve medicine management in care homes in Wales could lead to ‘safer and more effective’ treatments for patients and help cut costs by up to [...]
