Keyword: generics

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Sanofi Strong in Emerging Markets as Rivals Flag

28.04.2012 - French drugmaker Sanofi posted better-than-expected quarterly results, bolstered by strong emerging markets, breaking with a trend of earnings misses by European rivals AstraZeneca...

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EU Plans to Block Fake Drugs Spark Industry Row

27.04.2012 - A European Union plan to tighten drug packaging rules in a bid to stamp out counterfeits has triggered a row between makers of big name medicines and those producing cheap generics...

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New J&J CEO Parachuting Into Tough Terrain

26.04.2012 - Johnson & Johnson is sending in a former Army Ranger to clean up several big messes that have hurt its reputation, earnings and share price in the past three years. Alex Gorsky...

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US FTC Loses Bid to Block Pay-for-delay Drug Deals

26.04.2012 - The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday lost its latest attempt to thwart deals to delay the production of cheaper, generic drugs that brand-name drug companies make with...

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Amgen to Buy Turkish Drugmaker for $700 mln

25.04.2012 - U.S. biotech company Amgen is to buy Turkey's Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals, a maker of injectable generic drugs, for around $700 million in a deal underscoring Western drugmakers...

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Watson, Actavis to Unveil Deal

24.04.2012 - Watson Pharmaceuticals aims to announce an agreement to buy Actavis for around $6 billion on Wednesday, April 25th, in a deal making it one of the world's biggest suppliers of...

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US Top Court Rules for Generic Drugmaker on Patent

18.04.2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can fight brand-name rivals in an effort to get their cheaper medicines to...

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Biosimilar Remicade Accepted for EU Drug Review

13.04.2012 - Europe's drugs watchdog is to evaluate a copycat version of the best-selling biotech drug Remicade, used to treat arthritis, in a move that underscores how the market for so-called...