23.12.2010
- Abbott Laboratories is recalling as many as 359 million blood glucose testing strips that could give false results to diabetics, the company and U.S. regulators said on Wednesday...
08.12.2010
- Abbott Laboratories and two other drugmakers will pay $421 million to settle allegations that they falsely inflated product prices to gain larger government reimbursement payments...
03.09.2010
- Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories has decided against the sale of its European flu-vaccine business after initial bids came in below its expectations, a company spokeswoman confirmed...
04.08.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis has grabbed the headlines with its $18.4 billion bid for Genzyme, but the French drugmaker may be wiser to stick with smaller, bolt-on acquisitions. Sanofi is trying...
29.07.2010
- Belgium's Solvay, seeking acquisitions, rode rising plastics volumes to a 143% jump in quarterly operating profit from its plastics and chemicals units and said it expected...
30.06.2010
- Abbott Laboratories is exploring the sale of its flu vaccine unit acquired as part of its purchase of Solvay's drugs unit. "Abbott is exploring the option to potentially sell the...
26.04.2010
- Merck & Co said on Friday its costs related to recently approved U.S. healthcare reform will be about $170 million this year and $300 million to $350 million in 2011, which is a...
10.03.2010
- Facet Biotech has agreed to be acquired by Abbott Laboratories for $27 a share, topping a hostile offer of $17.50 a share made last year by Biogen Idec. Shares of Facet rose 67%...
