Keyword: AstraZeneca

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White Knight Could Be Elusive For Genzyme

02.08.2010 - Chances are, every big pharmaceutical company is running the numbers and weighing the pros and cons of acquiring Genzyme. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is poised to make a bid...

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Cutting Drug Prices Hampers New Development

01.07.2010 - Cutting pharmaceutical prices in the way European governments are doing now will severely reduce the number of new drugs making it to market, according to a study of the sector by...

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Big Pharma Stocks Could Rally in the Next Year

28.06.2010 - Wall Street appears to be overly pessimistic about large pharmaceutical companies, and some of the stocks could rally 30% over the next year, according to a cover story in the June...

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Serbia Abandons Sale of Galenika Pharmaceuticals

22.06.2010 - Serbia has abandoned a long-standing plan to sell a controlling stake in drugmaker Galenika after bidders failed to satisfy the government's expectations for the sale. The sale was...

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Russia To Spend $4 Billion On Pharma Industry By 2020

21.06.2010 - Russia is planning to pump 120 billion rubles ($4 billion) into its fledgling pharmaceutical sector this decade as part of a broader push to diversify the economy from oil and gas...

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Novo Pulls Drugs from Greece Over Price Cuts

31.05.2010 - Novo Nordisk pulled some of its insulin drugs off the Greek market after an Athens order for drugmakers to slash prices, saying it fears such cuts could spread to larger markets...

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Pfizer Exec Jumps Ship to Head AstraZeneca's R&D

27.05.2010 - Top Pfizer research executive Martin Mackay has left the world's biggest drugmaker to head research at rival AstraZeneca as both companies brace for patent expirations on their top...

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Bayer Sees Sharp Growth in Chinese Medical Market

27.04.2010 - German drug and chemical maker Bayer expects China's medical market to grow nearly 10-fold over the next decade as the country aims to overhaul its medical system, a top executive...