06.05.2010
- South Africa will use a new "patent pool" to work on new drugs for tuberculosis and malaria, making it the first government to take advantage of the industry-led idea. The pool...
06.05.2010
- It will be "no big problem" for the Chinese economy to grow 9% this year, a statistics official said on Thursday. Pan Jiancheng, deputy director of an analysis unit under the...
05.05.2010
- DSM Biologics, a business unit of DSM Pharmaceutical products, said it has reached an agreement for the acquisition of the assets and associated business of the Rhobust technology...
05.05.2010
- German conglomerate Evonik said on Wednesday it was seeking a €1.5 billion loan to replace a €2.25 billion loan maturing next March. The deal was launched on April 23 and expected...
05.05.2010
- The shares of companies that make products used to counteract the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico jumped on Monday, as industry and government officials frantically tried to stop...
05.05.2010
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world's biggest generic drugmaker, said strong sales of its Copaxone drug and new generic products gave it a forecast-beating increase in...
05.05.2010
- Pfizer reported better-than-expected first-quarter profit and revenue, and reaffirmed its full-year earnings forecast despite costs of recently approved U.S. healthcare reforms...
05.05.2010
- Royal Dutch Shell will be able to operate its Singapore oil refinery at full 500,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity after a revamp, a company official said on Tuesday. Shell has...
05.05.2010
- Kathleen Jaeger, the chief lobbyist for the generic drugs industry during the debate over U.S. healthcare reform, is resigning as head of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association...