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Securing Product Supply in the Pharmaceutical Industry

02.05.2013 - Europe's pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of fundamental change and threats appear from a wide-range of sources: demand and growth potential is increasingly shifting to the...

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Merger of Drugmakers Valeant, Actavis on Hold

28.04.2013 - A proposed merger of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Actavis was put on hold after the two drugmakers failed to agree on terms of a deal that would have created a...

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AstraZeneca Q1 Sales Tumble as Generic Losses Bite Deep

25.04.2013 - AstraZeneca's sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 13% in the first quarter as patent expiries took a heavy toll, underscoring the turnaround challenge facing Britain's second...

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South Africa Seeks to Close Drug Patent Loophole

22.04.2013 - South Africa plans to overhaul its intellectual property laws to improve access to cheaper medicines by making it harder for pharmaceutical firms to register and roll-over patents...

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UK Watchdog Accuses GSK Over 'Pay-for-delay' Drug Deals

19.04.2013 - Britain's competition body accused GlaxoSmithKline of market abuse for striking deals with three generic drugmakers that paid them to delay launching cheap copies of its...

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Abbott Devices, Generics Struggle

17.04.2013 - Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday reported higher quarterly earnings after splitting off its branded drug business, and the company said demand was strong for its infant formulas...

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Actavis to Sell Generic Yaz Birth Control After Ruling

17.04.2013 - Pharmaceutical company Actavis said on Tuesday that it would once again sell a generic version of Bayer's Yaz after an appeals court ruled that Bayer's patent for the oral...

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The Future of Pharma

11.04.2013 - The Rise Of Generics - In 2011, CMS Pharma was invited to take part in a conference in Mumbai to discuss the emergence of "supergenerics," a new form of generic drugs with improved...