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Lonza Shares Fall After Deutsche Bank Downgrade

11.01.2011 - Shares in Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza fell over 4% on Monday after Deutsche Bank analysts downgraded the stock as they expect the strong Swiss franc and a tougher...

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Stefan Borgas: Strong Franc Major Challenge for Swiss Economy

10.01.2011 - The strong Swiss franc will be a major challenge for the Swiss economy in the next five years, Lonza Chief Executive Stefan Borgas was quoted as saying in a newspaper interview on...

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Biosimilar Antibodies: EMA Adopts Guideline

22.11.2010 - European regulators adopted a new guideline on so-called biosimilar antibody drugs on Friday, paving the way for cheaper copies of multi-billion-dollar medicines for cancer and...

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Lonza Signs Manufacturing Deal with Glaxosmithkline

08.09.2010 - Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza will manufacture a number of drug compounds for Britain's Glaxosmithkline, in a sign demand for the Swiss group's products is recovering. Lonza...

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Lonza Acquires Viral Vaccine and Vector Manufacturer Vivante GMP Solutions

30.08.2010 - Lonza enters the viral based-manufacturing market today with its purchase of Vivante GMP Solutions. The acquisition advances Lonza's strategy to broaden its biologics custom...

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H1 2010: Lonza Reports Improved Order Placement and Contract Signing

22.07.2010 - Lonza has announced sales of CHF 1,301 million for H1 2010, which was similar level to H1 2009 (-2.1%). The company said this was due to an expectedly weak first quarter in custom...

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Roche Maintains Focus as Industry Faces Cutbacks

27.05.2010 - Europe's economic jitters will clean out the health-science industry, leaving global generic as well as innovative drugmakers among the survivors, the head of Swiss drugmaker Roche...

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Teva Tests Biosimilar Version of Roche's Rituxan

26.05.2010 - Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is developing a generic version of Roche's blockbuster antibody drug Rituxan, highlighting the race to produce so-called biosimilar...