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30 September 2008

UK group urges rethink on drug advertising

An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans
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12 August 2008

Updated version of SNOMED CT released

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation has announced that a new version of SNOMED CT is now available. The
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8 July 2008

Online pharmacies a ‘counterfeiting superhighway’

Over 60% of medicines purchased online are fake and could potentially be lethal for vulnerable patients according to EAASM.
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17 June 2008

Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Society outsources IT to BT

The Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Society (KNMP) is to outsource its “mission critical” IT to BT under a five year, €2.6m
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23 May 2008

German insurer AOK requires doctors to digitise

The AOK Baden-Württemberg, a regional German health insurance company with three million members, has signed a direct primary care contract
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20 May 2008

ClinPhone opens new Paris office

British pharmaceutical technology specialist, ClinPhone, has opened a new office in Paris, in order to reach out to its growing
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10 April 2008

EFPIA makes recommendations on EMR use

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has issued recommendations for EU policymakers on the use of shared
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13 March 2008

Elsevier acquires Windhover Information

Netherlands-based Elsevier, publisher of science, technical and health information, has acquired healthcare business intelligence company, Windhover Information. Windhover provides analysis
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5 March 2008

German e-health projects win awards

An e-health project and a web service for patients were awarded the Best Practice Award, ‘More dialogue in cancer’, at
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3 March 2008

Berlin health conference will focus on IT

Next week sees hundreds of senior health officials from across Europe congregate in Berlin, Germany, for the 4th Annual World
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