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Fresenius May Lift Outlook Again on Rivals' Shortages

03.08.2012 - German healthcare conglomerate Fresenius may raise its 2012 profit outlook for a third time this year as its injectable generic drugs unit Kabi continues to benefit from rivals'...

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Lundbeck in Deal with Teva over Copycat Antidepressant

03.08.2012 - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck has agreed a deal with Israel's Teva over a copycat version of the Danish company's antidepressant drug Cipralex, it said on Thursday. While a...

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Cardinal Q4 Profit Rises, Revenue Flat

02.08.2012 - Cardinal Health said on Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 16.4%, driven by strong sales of generic drugs, winning new customers and increased business with existing...

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Pfizer Beats Forecasts, Helped by Cost Cuts

31.07.2012 - Pfizer reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by cuts in research spending and other costs, and affirmed its 2012 profit forecast despite the negative impact of...

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Strong Merck & Co Results Boost Faith as Generics Loom

27.07.2012 - Merck & Co reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on strong sales of vaccines and treatments for diabetes and HIV, giving investors greater faith the company can weather...

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Roche Takes $1.7 Billion Charges as it Confirms Outlook

26.07.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding took $1.7 billion in restructuring charges it said should lead to big savings as it confirmed its outlook on Thursday with first-half sales beating...

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EU to Charge Servier, Lundbeck over Generics

25.07.2012 - EU antitrust regulators are to charge French drugmaker Servier and Danish peer Lundbeck in two separate cases this week related to blocking the entry of cheaper generic medicines...

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Small Generic Drug Firms Need Niches to Survive Looming Price War

21.07.2012 - Aggressive consolidation among U.S. and European generic drugmakers is putting pressure on smaller competitors in the industry, whose best hope of surviving a brewing price war may...