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UK Supreme Court Upholds Lily Alimta Patent

14.07.2017 - The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of US drugmaker Eli Lilly in a patent dispute with generics producer Actavis, now owned by Israel’s Teva, over the cancer drug Alimta. The...

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Drug Patent Losses Worth Billions Seen in 2017

03.05.2017 - Major pharmaceutical producers threaten to lose $26.5 billion in annual sales this year, as 18 branded drugs are due to expire, analysts for investment bank Bernstein said in a...

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Pharma Chiefs Call for Decision on EMA

25.04.2017 - Pharma chiefs are urging European heads of state to decide sooner rather than later on the new location for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is due to leave the UK as a...

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Lilly to Invest $850 Million in US Operations

05.04.2017 - US drugmaker Eli Lilly has announced plans to invest $850 million in its US operations during 2017, including an $85 million expansion of its Trulicity (dulaglutide) device...

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FDA Approves Novartis Breast Cancer Drug

22.03.2017 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novartis’ new drug Kisqali (ribociclib) as an initial treatment for postmenopausal women with a type of metastatic breast...

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US Drugmakers Urge Tax Code Reform

24.02.2017 - In a letter to the leadership of the US Congress, 16 CEOs of major American companies, including Pfizer’s Ian Read, Eli Lilly’s David Ricks, Merck & Co’s Ken Frazier and Celgene’s...

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Trump Discusses Issues With Drugmakers

01.02.2017 - In a meeting at the White House on Jan. 31, new US president, Donald Trump, held out both a carrot and a stick to pharmaceutical producers. The industry will “have to “get prices...

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Eli Lilly Takes US Biopharma CoLucid

23.01.2017 - Eli Lilly is paying around $960 million to acquire biopharma CoLucid, boosting the US drugmaker’s portfolio for migraine pain management and adding a late-stage candidate with a...