Keyword: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)

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US Foreign Bribery Penalties for Drugmakers May Lack Bite

29.10.2012 - Global drugmakers are paying tens of millions of dollars to settle U.S. allegations that they bribed their way across emerging markets, but harsher penalties may be needed to deter...

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Sanofi, Bristol Shake up Alliance as Patents End

03.10.2012 - Drugmakers Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb plan to revamp their 15-year-old alliance from Jan. 1 in response to lost exclusivity on two key drugs and the arrival of generic...

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The European Pharmaceuticals Economy at Halftime 2012

25.09.2012 - A Pill a Day - Unlike chemicals, the pharmaceuticals sector does not have cycles. Even in a sluggish economy, sick people will still need medicine. But the widening European debt...

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Thriving Generics

25.09.2012 - Market Transition - When we think about the patent cliff, an image along the lines of a massive waterfall, with companies' revenues in free fall comes to mind. What we usually...

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AstraZeneca Buys Equal Say over Amylin Drugs

10.08.2012 - AstraZeneca has opted to pay a further $135 million to Bristol-Myers Squibb to get an equal say in decision-making regarding drugs developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, the diabetes...

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Biotech M&A at 4-Year High as Pharma Faces Expiring Patents

03.08.2012 - Global biotech merger volume has reached levels not seen in four years as big pharmaceutical companies pursue deals to get access to new drugs, with bankers saying therapeutic...

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Bristol-Myers Executive Charged with Insider Trading

02.08.2012 - A Bristol-Myers Squibb executive has been criminally charged with insider trading, accused of buying options in three companies that the drugmaker was looking to buy. Prosecutors...

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Small Generic Drug Firms Need Niches to Survive Looming Price War

21.07.2012 - Aggressive consolidation among U.S. and European generic drugmakers is putting pressure on smaller competitors in the industry, whose best hope of surviving a brewing price war may...