Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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Oracle Buying Drug Software Maker Phase Forward

19.04.2010 - Oracle said on Friday it agreed to spend $685 million to buy Phase Forward, the top maker of programs that help drugmakers run clinical trials, in Oracle's biggest software...

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Brenntag Gets Warm Reception On German Market Debut

30.03.2010 - Brenntag, the world's biggest chemicals distributor, got a warm reception in its market debut as Germany's second-biggest flotation this year, suggesting growing investor demand...

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Brenntag To Start Trading on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

29.03.2010 - Brenntag , the world's largest chemical distributor, will issue shares in its initial public offering at €50 apiece for a total issue value of €747.5 million. Brenntag, founded in...

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Glaxo Seeks Out Japanese Partnerships

29.03.2010 - GlaxoSmithKline is looking to join up with small and medium-sized companies in Japan to help it develop and distribute new medicines, the Financial Times reported in its Monday...

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Pfizer, Glaxo Sign 10-year Vaccine Deal for Poor

23.03.2010 - Drugmakers Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline signed a landmark 10-year deal on Tuesday to supply 60 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations. The deal...

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Glaxo Nabs L'Oreal Exec To Head Consumer Health

23.03.2010 - GlaxoSmithKline has poached a top executive from French cosmetics group L'Oreal as president-designate of its consumer healthcare unit, underscoring the drugmaker's diversification...

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China Drug List Seen Boosting Western Firms' Sales

16.03.2010 - Chinese plans to broaden the list of medicines eligible for a rebate from July will benefit Western drugmakers such as AstraZeneca and Sanofi-Aventis, according to Morgan Stanley...

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Pandemic Has Not Yet Peaked, WHO Experts Advise

24.02.2010 - The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu has not yet peaked, a committee of experts advised the World Health Organization on Tuesday. "The committee advised that it was premature to conclude...