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The Biosimilar Market

07.02.2014 - Pharmaceuticals - Many biologic drug developers can be pleased with how well their products have performed in the market place. Blockbuster products such as Abbvie's (ex-Abbott)...

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Amgen Buys Onyx for $10.4 Billion

26.08.2013 - Amgen struck a deal to buy cancer drug maker Onyx Pharmaceuticals for about $10.4 billion on Sunday, as it moves to restock its product pipeline in response to declining sales of...

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U.S. Supreme Court Win Boosts Fight Against Drug Settlements

24.07.2013 - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving regulators the right to sue drugmakers for agreements that delay sale of cheaper generic pharmaceuticals should deter some of the most egregious...

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Onyx Rejects Amgen Offer, Explores Possible Sale

01.07.2013 - Cancer drugmaker Onyx Pharmaceuticals said on Sunday it rejected a roughly $10 billion takeover offer from larger biotechnology company Amgen as too low but still is considering...

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Actavis to Buy Warner Chilcott in $5 Billion Stock Deal

20.05.2013 - Generic drugmaker Actavis, which has been the subject of takeover speculation, plans to buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott for $5 billion in stock. The companies...

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Merger of Drugmakers Valeant, Actavis on Hold

28.04.2013 - A proposed merger of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Actavis was put on hold after the two drugmakers failed to agree on terms of a deal that would have created a...

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Actavis to Sell Generic Yaz Birth Control After Ruling

17.04.2013 - Pharmaceutical company Actavis said on Tuesday that it would once again sell a generic version of Bayer's Yaz after an appeals court ruled that Bayer's patent for the oral...

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AstraZeneca Settles Crestor Patent Dispute

25.03.2013 - AstraZeneca has seen off a remaining threat to its top-selling cholesterol drug Crestor by settling a U.S. legal case with Watson Laboratories, a unit of Actavis, and Egis. The...