23.12.2014
- The largest pharmacy benefit manager in the US, Express Scripts, has negotiated a cheaper price from AbbVie for its Viekira Pak hepatitis C treatment approved by the US Food and...
02.10.2014
- France plans to implement a tax on hepatitis C drugs in an effort to lower the high prices that the government of prime minister Francois Hollande believes threaten the country's...
10.06.2014
- Merck & Co has announced it will buy Idenix Pharmaceuticals for $3.85 billion. The US drugmaker plans to combine the most promising drugs in the two portfolios to produce a faster...
24.03.2014
- After U.S. biotechnology stocks on Mar. 21 suffered their worst day since October 2011, investors raised questions as to whether the sector is finally running out of momentum. The...
29.07.2013
- Swiss drugmaker Novartis won an important endorsement of its new inhaled medicine for chronic lung disease on Friday when European regulators recommended approval of Ultibro...
11.06.2013
- A former Bristol-Myers Squibb finance executive on Monday pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge, admitting to buying stock options in a biotechnology company that the...
08.05.2013
- Biotechnology companies that just a short time ago were viewed as takeover targets are now more likely to be buyers themselves after seeing their valuations soar on promising new...
07.05.2013
- Just two years ago, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was a relatively obscure biotech company in the village of Tarrytown, a picturesque New York suburb better known for "Rip Van Winkle,"...
