A study conducted within the National Patient Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) has found that antibiotic use at less than 24 months of age was associated with slightly higher body weight at 5 years of age. Antibiotic overuse has become a major population health concern, due to the dangers of increasing antibiotic resistance however there
UK health experts have identified what they believe is the 10 most important medicines and vaccines launched on the NHS in the past 70 years. The list includes two vaccines which prevent polio and measles, mumps and rubella in addition to medicines that have transformed HIV/AIDS from a death sentence to a manageable condition, immunosuppressants
New financial agreement with the UK government will see pharmaceutical companies bring forward payments of around £200 million to help pay for NHS patients’ medicines in 2016. The payments are part of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) that has seen pharma pay back over £1 billion to the government since 2014. With this £200million
Doctors are being told to extend cancer tests to half a million more patients a year under the new NHS guidelines. The guide – designed to be used by doctors and patients – signposts for the very first time the symptoms that could be indicative of one of 37 cancers. GPs can already request X-rays,
According to new guidelines, face-to-face explanations and apologies will need to be given to patients or close ones when things regarding their treatment and wellbeing go wrong. The guidance follows Sir Robert Francis’ call for a more open and transparent culture within healthcare in his report following the failures in patient care at Mid Staffordshire
Only Medics, part of the Clinical Professionals Group, will be closed from the afternoon of the 24th December 2014 until Friday 2nd January 2015. We would like to wish all our clients and candidates a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The Clinical Professionals Group have had a very successful 2014 and we would
Earlier this month Only Medics, part of the Clinical Professionals Group, held their annual Physician2Pharma recruitment event for NHS medics looking to transition into the pharmaceutical industry. The event was invite only and attended by 40 people comprising of hand picked GMC registered physicians looking to make the transition from the NHS into the pharmaceutical
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, who specialise in the development of antibiotics for infectious diseases, has announced the launch of their new international headquarters based in Zurich, Switzerland. The new office will expand Cubist’s presence outside of the US, allowing the company to reinforce their commitment to the major public health threat of antimicrobial resistance. Patrick Vink, who
A new report released today by Cancer Research UK has shown that the death rates for breast, bowel, lung and prostate cancer in the UK have fallen by 30% in the last 20 years. The figures from Cancer Research UK show that breast cancer deaths have fallen by 38% since the early 1990s, while bowel
Would you like to know how your salary compares to other employees in similar physician jobs? The results of The Clinical Professionals Group’s 2014 European Pharmaceutical Salary Survey are now available. If you would like a free salary survey results book, contact Daniel Patterson or Donna Wright on +44(0)118 952 2795. Earlier this year, The Clinical Professionals
