02.07.2013
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and...
28.06.2013
- Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Germany-based Merck KGaA, has created a dedicated immune-oncology innovation platform integrating research, early development and...
22.04.2013
- AstraZeneca is to pay privately held Bind Therapeutics as much as $200 million to develop a cancer medicine using the U.S. biotech company's nanotechnology drug delivery system...
04.03.2013
- An Indian patent appeals board dismissed on Monday Bayer's petition against a government decision to allow a domestic company to sell cheap copycat versions of cancer drug Nexavar...
14.12.2012
- Medical providers have begun to think more about cost, as well as safety and effectiveness, when they decide on cancer treatments. In the past, pharmaceutical companies could...
21.11.2012
- Indian drugmaker Cipla plans to offer $215 million for a majority stake in South Africa's Cipla Medpro to strengthen its presence in Africa's fast-growing market for cheap, generic...
20.11.2012
- New Markets - An estimated 25 million people in the U.S. suffer from rare diseases, known in the pharmaceutical industry as "orphan diseases". While the prevalence of each...
31.10.2012
- The best medical innovations for next year include an almond-size device that's implanted in the mouth to relieve severe headaches and a hand-held scanner resembling a blow dryer...
