Keyword: Johnson & Johnson

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Biogen Wins EU Backing for Big New MS Drug Hope

22.03.2013 - European regulators have recommended approval of two new multiple sclerosis pills from Biogen and Sanofi, both of which are expected to become major sellers. Friday's decision by...

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Antibiotics Crisis Prompts Rethink on Risks, Rewards

18.03.2013 - Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drugmakers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines...

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Jury Orders J&J Unit to Pay $8.3 Million in Metal Hip Trial

09.03.2013 - A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedic unit to pay more than $8 million in damages in the first trial of nearly 11,000 lawsuits filed over the company's...

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GlaxoSmithKline Unit Joins Patent Pool for AIDS Drugs

27.02.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline's HIV/AIDS drugs business is to share intellectual property rights on children's medicine in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available in poor...

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Royalty Pharma Proposes $6.6 Billion Bid for Elan

25.02.2013 - Investment firm Royalty Pharma has made a $6.6 billion bid approach to Elan, seeking to scupper the Irish drugmaker's plan to spend most of the proceeds from a major drug sale on...

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Amgen Biosimilar Push Takes Aim at Blockbusters

07.02.2013 - Amgen said it expects generic versions of biotech drugs, known as biosimilars, to be a multibillion-dollar opportunity for the company and has targeted some of the industry's...

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Drugmakers, Academics Pool R&D in $265 Million EU Project

07.02.2013 - Seven European drugmakers are to pool their research efforts with academic scientists and smaller companies in a new €196 million ($265 million) project designed to find tomorrow's...

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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...