13.01.2013
- U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co said it is taking steps to suspend availability of its drug Tredaptive after the medicine, used to raise "good" HDL cholesterol, failed to prevent heart...
09.01.2013
- Switzerland's biggest health insurer CSS is supporting a young woman in her claim against Bayer, as the fall-out from alleged side effects of the German drugmaker's contraceptive...
11.12.2012
- Denmark's Novo Nordisk is sizing up a high-price niche market for its drug liraglutide as a weight-loss treatment, with the United States the prime opportunity. The premium-price...
02.12.2012
- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether generic drug manufacturers can be subjected to personal injury lawsuits that allege flaws in the design of drugs, even...
30.11.2012
- Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories will stop manufacturing its version of Pfizer's cholesterol fighter, Lipitor, while it gets to the bottom of the cause of a recent...
28.11.2012
- Drugmakers - led by GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson - are stepping up efforts to ensure their medicines are available and affordable in poor countries, after being attacked...
23.11.2012
- Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's top drugmaker by sales, said it has recalled its cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin in the United States, a generic version of Lipitor that...
23.10.2012
- Europe's drugs regulator has started an infringement procedure against Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche Holding to investigate its alleged failure to report fully tens of thousands...
