Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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Drugmakers Eye Africa's Middle Classes as Next Growth Market

12.02.2013 - For pharmaceutical companies, Africa is changing. Not only is the continent's economic growth grabbing attention in boardrooms but the shifting nature of its disease burden is...

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GSK Vaccine Ingredient Scrutinized for Narcolepsy Clues

08.02.2013 - Mounting evidence of a link between GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix flu shot and a spike in narcolepsy cases among children in Europe is putting one of the vaccine's key ingredients...

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Buyers Eye Multibillion Deal for Brazilian Drugmaker

07.02.2013 - International drug companies are considering bidding for Ache Laboratorios Farmaceuticos, one of Brazil's biggest drugmakers, in a deal valuing it at several billion dollars...

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GlaxoSmithKline Promises Growth This Year After 2012 Shortfall

06.02.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline, Britain's biggest drugmaker, renewed its promise to return to growth this year, after failing to deliver a hoped-for sales and margin recovery in 2012. GSK also...

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GSK Spends $900 Million to Lift Stake in India Consumer Arm

05.02.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline has lifted its stake in its publicly-listed Indian consumer healthcare subsidiary to 72.5% from 43.2%, deepening its footprint in emerging markets and non...

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Revived Search for a TB Vaccine May Be About to Pay Off

01.02.2013 - After nearly 100 years, researchers could be on the verge of finding a vaccine that would eradicate tuberculosis infections, a scourge that kills 1.4 million people a year. Global...

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The Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Industry in Great Britain

31.01.2013 - Business in Great Britain - Since 2008, the UK chemical industry has gone through one of the biggest downturns in production of all the world's leading producers of chemicals. Now...

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Evidence Grows for Narcolepsy Link to GlaxoSmithKline's Swine Flu Shot

22.01.2013 - Emelie is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she's often paralysed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake...