30.05.2012
- Norway's Pronova BioPharma , which supplies the omega-3 heart medicine Lovaza to GlaxoSmithKline, has defeated a U.S. patent challenge from two generics companies. The victory over...
30.05.2012
- Maxim Barsky, who resigned last year as deputy chief executive of Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP after failing to win BP's support to become CEO, will return as an adviser, two...
29.05.2012
- OPEC output in May has hit its highest since 2008 as Saudi Arabia maintained high production rates despite a drop in prices and Iranian shipments did not fall substantially further...
29.05.2012
- Japan's Mitsui Chemicals said on Tuesday it and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) have set up a 50-50 joint venture in China to build a plant that will make ethylene...
29.05.2012
- A boom in unconventional natural gas over the next 20 years could see the United States and others benefit from cheaper energy while the importance of the Middle East declines, the...
28.05.2012
- Biotechnology company Amylin Pharmaceuticals has drawn initial bids from drugmakers Merck & Co and Sanofi, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing anonymous sources. The...
25.05.2012
- Knock-out data for Actelion's big new drug hope could be a double-edged sword for embattled founder and CEO Jean-Paul Clozel, making it a worthy buy for pharma companies hungry for...
25.05.2012
- Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's top drugmaker, is to buy Brazil's Multilab for up to 540 million Brazilian reals ($265 million) in a deal highlighting global drugmakers' appetite...
25.05.2012
- Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical plan to go ahead with a $7 billion expansion of a petrochemical project in the kingdom, the Japanese firm said on Friday, quelling doubts over...
25.05.2012
- Clinilabs, an early phase and specialty CRO that provides clinical drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that they have opened a second Phase I...