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China Launches Pharma Crackdown

18.07.2013 - China announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicine on Wednesday and said it would tighten industry regulation, piling pressure on a sector already reeling from...

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China Says GSK Execs Confess To Bribery and Tax Crimes

12.07.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline executives in China have confessed to bribery and tax violations, the country's security ministry said on Thursday, during one of a string of investigations into...

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GlaxoSmithKline Examines Chinese Botox Sales Tactics

09.07.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it was investigating new allegations that its staff had used improper tactics to market Botox in China, but had so far found no evidence of bribery...

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Merck KGaA Gets Credit Ratings Upgrade from Moody's, S&P

05.07.2013 - Corporate rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S&P) have both recently upgraded the credit ratings of German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck KGaA. This is the...

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Pfizer, Novartis May Join Amgen in Bidding for Onyx

02.07.2013 - Onyx Pharmaceuticals, whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and...

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European Medicines Agency Pave Way for Biosimilar Drug Breakthrough

01.07.2013 - European regulators have cleared the way for the first serious threat to the makers of multibillion-dollar biotechnology drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid...

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Merck Serono Establishes Immunotherapy Platform

28.06.2013 - Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Germany-based Merck KGaA, has created a dedicated immune-oncology innovation platform integrating research, early development and...

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Lundbeck, Merck KGaA and Others Fined for Blocking Rival Drugs

20.06.2013 - European antitrust regulators fined nine drugmakers, including Denmark's Lundbeck, a total of €146 million ($195 million) for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant to...