Keyword: oncology

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AstraZeneca Plans Spin-offs and Announces Cancer Progress

25.04.2014 - AstraZeneca has unveiled plans to sell or partner infection and neuroscience units with combined 2013 sales of $3.5 billion and a basis in antibiotics and antipsychotics as well as...

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Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline Swap $20 Billion in Assets

23.04.2014 - Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline have announced an asset swap worth more than $20 billion, with an eye to bolstering their best businesses and exiting weaker ones. The swap, which...

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Merck Serono and Selvita in Oncology R&D Pact

28.10.2013 - Merck Serono, the biopharmaceuticals arm of Germany's Merck KGaA, has agreed an oncology research pact with Polish biotech company Selvita. The aim of the collaboration is to...

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More Pressure to Justify Cost of Cancer Drugs Versus Benefits

14.12.2012 - Medical providers have begun to think more about cost, as well as safety and effectiveness, when they decide on cancer treatments. In the past, pharmaceutical companies could...