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Abbott Laboratories Q2 Profit Surges 50%

21.07.2011 - Abbott Laboratories reported Wednesday a profit for the second quarter that surged 50% from last year, boosted largely by a significant tax benefit and sales growth. This was...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The World Of Biosimilars

30.05.2011 - Doubled-Edged Sword - The emergence of biosimilars has caused very large ripples in the biopharma pond, and has recently been called the most "disruptive technology" of the decade...

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Solvay Sees Higher 2011 Profit As Q1 Tops Forecast

10.05.2011 - Belgian chemicals group Solvay reported a 79% jump in first-quarter operating profit, beating estimates thanks to improved demand and price hikes, and forecast higher full-year...

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Roche Seen Kicking off Q1 Season With Sales Drop

14.04.2011 - Roche is poised to kick off the Big Pharma reporting season with a drop in sales due to weaker demand for top-selling Avastin and flu drug Tamiflu and governments' drive to cut...

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Solvay To Launch Formal Offer For Rhodia On July 4

07.04.2011 - Belgian chemicals group Solvay said on Thursday it will formally launch its agreed €3.4 billion ($4.9 billion) bid for French group Rhodia on July 4, subject to regulatory...

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Solvay Looks to Emerging Markets In $4.8 Billion Rhodia Buy

04.04.2011 - Cash-rich Belgian chemicals group Solvay is betting on emerging markets exposure and specialty chemicals with a €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion) cash bid for French group Rhodia. Monday...

Strategy & Management

Oracle’s Agile PLM Reorganizes Pharma, From Lab to Launch

26.01.2011 - Becoming Nimble - It's no secret that Big Pharma is facing some of the biggest changes in the history of the industry. The looming patent cliff is now forcing companies to...

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Solvay's Danisco Bid Unsuccessful

13.01.2011 - Belgian chemicals group Solvay made a bid for Danish food ingredients and enzymes group Danisco but lost in the auction to DuPont, Denmark's Borsen newspaper reported on Wednesday...