Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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GSK Eyes Replacing Human Genome Board

30.05.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline plans to launch a campaign to replace the entire board of Human Genome Sciences with its own nominees, stepping up its $2.6 billion hostile bid for the U.S. biotech...

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GSK Partner Pronova Wins Fish Oil Drug Patent Fight

30.05.2012 - Norway's Pronova BioPharma , which supplies the omega-3 heart medicine Lovaza to GlaxoSmithKline, has defeated a U.S. patent challenge from two generics companies. The victory over...

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GSK Goes Hostile with $2.6 bln Human Genome Offer

10.05.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline will take its $2.6 billion bid for long-time partner Human Genome Sciences direct to shareholders this week, after its takeover offer was rejected last month by the...

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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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Astra Fuels Biotech M&A with $1.3 bln Ardea Buy

23.04.2012 - AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. company Ardea Biosciences for $1.26 billion, giving it a new gout drug to bolster its weak pipeline in a deal that feeds a wave of M&A in the...

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US High Court Hears Glaxo Overtime Pay Case

16.04.2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday on whether pharmaceutical companies must pay sales representatives overtime, a dispute that threatens the industry with billions of...

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Chasing Cheaper Cancer Drugs

02.04.2012 - In a nondescript suburb south of London, tucked away behind a big hospital, Paul Workman and fellow scientists are celebrating victory in the "World Cup" of cancer drug research...

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GSK Confirms £500 Million UK Investment Plans

22.03.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline confirmed plans on Thursday to invest more than 500 million pounds in manufacturing in Britain and said it had selected Ulverston, northern England, as the site for...