Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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Surge in Biotech Deals to Unlock Big Investor Profits

18.07.2012 - Large investors in U.S. biotech companies are likely to capture serious windfall profits as deal activity picks up in the sector. A Reuters analysis of investors' average cost...

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GlaxoSmithKline Set for Human Genome Takeover

16.07.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce an agreement to acquire Human Genome Sciences for about $2.8 billion as soon as Monday, ending three months of its hostile pursuit of the U...

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EU Agency Lifts Lid on Drug Data Secrets

15.07.2012 - Europe's medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a move that will let independent researchers trawl...

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Celgene Mulls Human Genome Sciences Bid

07.07.2012 - Celgene is one of two companies discussing whether to bid for Human Genome Sciences, which seeks an alternative to a hostile offer by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, a source...

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GlaxoSmithKline Settles Healthcare Fraud Case for $3 Billion

03.07.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare...

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GSK Again Extends its $2.6 Billion Human Genome Offer

29.06.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline has once again extended its $2.6 billion offer to buy long-time partner Human Genome Sciences until July 20 as a hostile stand-off with the U.S. biotech company...

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US Top Court Rules for Glaxo on Overtime Pay

19.06.2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that pharmaceutical companies do not have to pay overtime to their representatives who visit doctors' offices to promote their products, a...

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Human Genome Sets July 16 Deadline for Bids

15.06.2012 - U.S. biotech company Human Genome Sciences said on Friday it had set a bid date of July 16 for definitive offers to acquire the company and again urged hostile bidder...