26.07.2012
- Europe's sick economy is infecting its pharmaceuticals sector, traditionally one of the region's most successful industries. Price cuts to rein in healthcare spending reached...
18.07.2012
- Lower prices, higher taxes and fewer drugs paid for by the state could be the new regime for France's pharmaceutical industry when the government details plans in September for €2...
30.06.2012
- Simon Lowth may only be the interim chief executive of AstraZeneca but he is ready to sign off on bold deals. The decision to pair up with Bristol-Myers Squibb to buy diabetes...
28.06.2012
- U.S. health regulators approved the first new weight-loss drug in 13 years, allowing Arena Pharmaceuticals to bring its Belviq pill to market as public health advocates push for...
- Marchesini Group, a leading supplier of complete packaging lines and machines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, has restructured its customer assistance service...
13.06.2012
- U.S. drugmaker Upsher-Smith Laboratories is to buy British group Proximagen for 223 million pounds ($347 million) plus further payments potentially worth up to 134 million based on...
09.06.2012
- Spain finalised plans to pay off the healthcare debts of its regions on Friday as some pharmacists closed their doors in protest over unpaid bills in the country, where drugmaker...
08.06.2012
- Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk , the world's biggest insulin maker, said on Friday that U.S. health regulators had extended their review of its new ultra-long-acting insulin Tresiba...
07.06.2012
- Pfizer plans to separate its animal health unit into a standalone company, a move Wall Street expected as the largest U.S. drugmaker focuses more intently on its core...
02.06.2012
- AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb are among several pharmaceutical giants that have submitted initial bids for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, the diabetes drugmaker that is exploring a...