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Pfizer Officially Ditches Breakup Plans

28.09.2016 - As CEO Ian Read hinted earlier, Pfizer has officially ditched plans to break into two separate publicly traded companies dedicated to mature or off-patent products and new...

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GSK’s Witty for Responsible Pricing

27.09.2016 - Drugmakers need to learn empathy and not try to defend price hikes that make drugs inaccessible, Andrew Witty, departing CEO of Britain’s largest pharmaceutical producer GSK, told...

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GE to Establish new Biotech Campus in Ireland

27.09.2016 - General Electric plans to invest €150 million in a new biopharmaceutical manufacturing campus at the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Ireland’s strategic site in County Cork...

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Lanxess to Acquire Chemtura for $2.5 Billion

26.09.2016 - Flush with cash from the sale of a major chunk of its rubber business to Saudi Aramco, German chemical producer Lanxess has signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire US specialty...

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US States Sue Invidior Over Opioid

26.09.2016 - In a joint action, 35 US states and the District of Columbia (which governs the country’s capital city of Washington) have filed an antitrust lawsuit against British drugmaker...

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BASF’s new Asia Targets Reflect Slowdown

26.09.2016 - With local markets not living up to previous expectations, BASF has corrected downward its earlier announced plans to achieve sales worth €25 billion in Asia-Pacific by 2020...

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US Senate Hears Concerns About Ag Mergers

23.09.2016 - At a hearing held by the US Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Sept. 20, executives of five companies involved in the current round of mergers in the global agrochemicals industry –...

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Ineos to Miss This Year’s Fracking Target

23.09.2016 - Ineos will submit five planning applications for shale gas exploration to the British government before the end of this year, falling far short of its originally announced target...