Keyword: generics

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Novo Nordisk Sees Chance of U.S. Tresiba Launch Before Rivals

21.03.2014 - Novo Nordisk should still be able to introduce its long-acting insulin Tresiba on the U.S. market before rival products, despite being hit by a delay, the CEO of the Danish...

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Generic Drugmakers Ramp up Campaign Against FDA Label Plan

03.03.2014 - Generic drugmakers are actively campaigning against a rule proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would require them to change the prescribing information on...

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Actavis to Buy Forest Labs for $25 billion

21.02.2014 - Dublin, Ireland-based generic drugmaker Actavis is acquiring specialty pharmaceuticals company Forest Laboratories of New York in a cash and stock deal valued at about $25 billion...

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German Generics Producers Charge Discrimination

11.02.2014 - German generic drugmakers are annoyed at plans by the new Christian and Social Democrat coalition government to increase the mandatory rebate afforded the country's national...

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Fourth Ranbaxy Generics Plant Hit by FDA Ban

27.01.2014 - Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories faces long delays and high costs in launching big-selling generic drugs in the U.S. after products from a fourth plant were banned due to...

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EU Fines Drugmakers €16 million for Painkiller Delay

13.12.2013 - The European Commission has fined U.S. pharmaceutical producer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) €10.8 million and Swiss drugmaker Novartis of Switzerland € 5.5 million for actions taken by...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Double Risk with an Upgrade

31.10.2013 - Trial And Error - Despite a 150-year history and an aggregate R&D expenditure of $150 billion per year, innovation in the modern pharmaceutical industry is essentially still based...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Sourcing from India and China

30.10.2013 - 'Pharmacy To The World' - In today's global pharmaceutical industry 2.0, emerging regions led by India (BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China) have moved to the front row in terms of...