Keyword: Novartis

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Novartis Sticking With UK, Sees Lower US Prices

21.07.2016 - In presenting the company’s financial results for the second quarter of 2016, Joe Jimenez, CEO of Swiss drugmaker Novartis, took the opportunity to add comment on crucial issues...

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Sandoz to Launch Five Biosimilars by 2020

21.06.2016 - Sandoz, the generics arm of Swiss drugmaker Novartis, has announced plans to launch five biosimilars of major oncology and immunology biologics across key global markets by 2020...

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GSK Vaccines Head to Step Down

17.06.2016 - GlaxoSmithKline’s head of vaccines, Moncef Slaoui, has announced he will leave the company in June 2017 after nearly three decades at the company. Since joining GSK in 1998, Slaoui...

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EU approves Novartis Drug for More Cancers

06.06.2016 - The European Commission has granted approval for Novartis’ Afinitor (everolimus) for treating unresectable or metastatic, well-differentiated non-functional neuroendocrine tumors...

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Novartis Splits Pharmaceutical Division

19.05.2016 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has announced plans to split its Pharmaceutical division into two business units, Novartis Pharmaceutical and Novartis Oncology. The first-mentioned will...

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Novartis Seen Mulling Roche Share Sale

26.04.2016 - Novartis is said to be planning to divest its nearly $14 billion stake in rival Swiss drugmaker Roche, accounting for about 6% of that company’s shares and more than 30% of its...

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After Pharma’s Patent Cliff

04.04.2016 - Analysts love looking into the future, particularly when it comes to big pharma’s prospect for growth and earnings. The industry experts of Morningstar see slowing patent losses...

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Agrochemicals – a Modern Love Story

04.04.2016 - Until recently, few outsiders would have called the agricultural chemicals sector exciting. It’s hard to imagine, for example, a thriller or torrid love story or even a poem set in...