10.12.2018
- Just five weeks after presenting third-quarter financial results and forecasting a slight decline in EBIT before special items for full year 2018 and a little over two weeks after...
07.12.2018
- UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tesaro, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, for...
07.12.2018
- A year earlier than planned, German engineering plastics producer Covestro has completed a buyback of company shares worth €1.5 billion, or 10% of its capital stock. The Leverkusen...
06.12.2018
- Shareholders of Japanese drugmaker Takeda and Netherlands-domiciled, US-managed Shire have separately approved the merger of the two pharmaceutical manufacturers. All regulatory...
05.12.2018
- A new type of cancer treatment developed by a partnership of Bayer with biotech partner Loxo Oncology has won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Vitrakvi is...
04.12.2018
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and laboratory products group Merck completed the sale of its Consumer Health business to US consumer products group Procter & Gamble (P&G) on Dec...
02.12.2018
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted pediatric exclusivity for Pfizer’s Lyrica, extending its US exclusive rights until Jun. 30, 2019. As the patent was due to...
02.12.2018
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Total have struck a deal granting the French oil and gas giant a 40% stake in the Ruwais Diyab Unconventional Gas Concession. Under the...
