Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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GSK Chief Sees More Unit IPOs as Options

21.01.2015 - GlaxoSmithKline could consider more partial public share offerings for component units as it evolves in the coming years, potentially pointing to a break-up of the group if this...

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Germany's Merck Plans to Expand in Consumer Health

01.12.2014 - Merck KGaA has no plans to divest its consumer health business, but rather intends to expand it, Uta Kemmerich-Keil, CEO of Merck Consumer Health, said at a media briefing in...

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GSK Soon to Start Ebola Vaccine Trials

27.10.2014 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the UK's largest pharmaceutical producer, said development of the company's experimental Ebola vaccine candidate is progressing "at an unprecedented rate,"...

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US Steps up Production of Experimental Ebola Drug

06.10.2014 - The US government is stepping up production of ZMapp, believed to be one the most promising of the Ebola drugs currently under development. The Department of Health and Human...

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Bayer Closes $14.2 Billion Buy of Merck & Co OTC

06.10.2014 - Bayer has closed its $14.2 billion acquisition of US Merck & Co's $2.2 billion consumer care business after the transaction was approved by anti-trust authorities in all markets...

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Accelerating the Benefits Achievable from Biocatalysis

02.10.2014 - Recently, Codexis has signed a platform technology license agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Under the terms of the agreement, Codexis, a developer of biocatalysts for the...

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China Fines GSK Nearly $500 Million on Bribery Charges

23.09.2014 - GlaxoSmithkline (GSK), the UK's largest pharmaceutical producer, will pay the Chinese government nearly $500 million in fines after being found guilty of offering bribes to...

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M&A in Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

02.09.2014 - The first half suggests that 2014 will be a record year for M&A in pharmaceuticals, with the size of deals having increased substantially over prior years. In 2011, the deal volume...