27.11.2017
- BASF has confirmed it is in discussions with Letter One (L1), a consortium of Russian investors based in Luxembourg and led by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, about a merger...
24.11.2017
- In a suit filed in the state of Delaware, the Swiss-based Roche Holding is suing Pfizer to block the future marketing a biosimilar of its breast-cancer drug Herceptin in the US...
23.11.2017
- Coatings rivals AkzoNobel of the Netherlands and US-based Axalta have ended their talks about a potential multibillion merger to create what they had said would be “a leading...
22.11.2017
- The increasingly acquisitive Ineos is pumping more money into the search for offshore oil and gas reserves in the North Sea. In its latest move, the Swiss-based chemical producer...
22.11.2017
- Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has won the much-coveted prize of providing a new home for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and its nearly 900 employees, beating out last-round...
21.11.2017
- European pharmaceutical industry heavyweights Novartis and Bayer are challenging a proposal by parts of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to allow patients with wet age...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for the first “digital” pill with a built-in sensor that can track whether patients have taken...
20.11.2017
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has won another victory in a string of lawsuits claiming its talc-based baby powder causes cancer. The jury in the state of California...
