Health Care - United Kingdom

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This event has been postponed.We will update this site with further details shortly Without an absolute majority in Parliament, the outlook for the UK healthcare system is now even more uncertain. In common with most other countries in the developed world, the UK has to deal with an ageing population, a culture of increasingly empowered and...
UK Health Care
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Over 150 senior executives attended Economist Conferences' 16th annual Pharma Summit on February 11th, to compare their visions for the future of the industry and debate strategic responses to some of the dramatic changes taking place. Chief Executives from some of the world's biggest pharma companies, including AstraZeneca's David Brennan,...
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We would like to thank everyone that attended The Pharma Summit on February 11th in London. You can view a selection of photos from the day in the box below:
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Watch the summary video of the 2009 Pharma Summit featuring Andrew Hotchkiss, Managing Director at Lilly UK; Richard Barker, Director General at ABPI and Wim Leereveld, Chair of the Access to Medicine Index. This video briefly covers the discussions surrounding "agility and innovation in emerging markets". For information on this year's Pharma...
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See a sample slideshow of images from the healthcare event A UK Vision for 'Patient-centric' Care, that took place on November 4th 2009 in London. To view and download from the full set of images, please click here >>   Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer // <![CDATA[ var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798....
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We are pleased to announce that we have added a range of speakers to the programme for The Pharma Summit. The following industry leaders will now be joining us in London on February 11th: Bright Simons, Co-founder, mPedigree Bright was disturbed by the problem of counterfeit drugs in his home country, Ghana, so he invented a system that allows...
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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21st 2009 Reckitt Benckiser wins The Economist’s Innovation Award in the category of Corporate use of Innovation The Economist is pleased to announce Reckitt Benckiser as the winner of this year’s Corporate use of Innovation Award. The company, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of household,...
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For immediate release:Monday, October 12th 2009 The Economist’s Innovation Award for Bioscience given to J. Craig Venter Ph.D., for contributions to genomic research Winner’s genomic research recognised as potential to revolutionise personal medicine, pharmaceuticals, and biofuels Come and meet Dr Venter, president of the J. Craig Venter...
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The Economist’s Social and Economic Innovation Award given to Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen for developing low-cost health devices for the world’s poor MEET Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO of Vestergaard Frandsen S.A., as he accepts his award at The Economist’s Innovation Awards Ceremony in London on October 29th. Half a century ago, Vestergaard...
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We are delighted to announce the following business leaders are now confirmed to speak at The Pharma Summit:      - Ranjit Shahani, Country President, Novartis India     - Ornella Barra, Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division, Alliance Boots     - Patrick Flochel,...
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