Keyword: healthcare

Markets & Companies

Iran: Rediscovering a Sleeping Giant

27.04.2017 - Iran has one of the longest histories of medical practice in the world. In the modern era, however, the Middle East country has fallen off the world‘s medical and pharmaceutical...

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Pfizer CEO Criticizes US Healthcare

27.03.2017 - On the eve of the US Republican party’s failed bid to repeal the Affordable Care Act (AHA) of former US president, Barack Obama and replace it with its own plan, Pfizer CEO Ian...

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Johnson & Johnson to Close Scotland Plant

13.03.2017 - US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced plans to close its surgical suture manufacturing plant in Livingston, Scotland, with the potential loss of 400 jobs...

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Mundipharma to Launch Biosimilar Truxima in Europe

28.02.2017 - UK pharmaceutical group Mundipharma is gearing up to launch Truxima (rituximab), a biosimilar from South Korea’s Celltrion, for the treatment of certain cancers and inflammatory...

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Sanofi to Sell Five OTC Products to Ipsen

15.02.2017 - French pharmaceutical producer Sanofi has agreed to sell five consumer healthcare products in certain European territories to compatriot drugmaker Ipsen for €83 million. The cash...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Kuehne + Nagel: IATA Certification of Entire Global Air Network

09.02.2017 - Logistics company Kuehne + Nagel got a full IATA CEIV Pharma network certification of the entire global air network. “KN PharmaChain” GxP compliant network is currently including...

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Air Liquide Buys Colombia’s Oxymaster

30.01.2017 - Major French industrial gases group Air Liquide has entered the Colombian home healthcare sector after acquiring a majority stake in Oxymaster. Financial terms and the size of the...

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J&J and Actelion Said Talking to Swiss Regulators

09.01.2017 - Actelion and Johnson & Johnson may be edging closer to a deal that would give the US healthcare giant at least a major chunk of the Swiss biotech firm, according to the Zurich...