20.02.2017
- US drugs giant Pfizer has challenged the record £84 million fine imposed by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for a supply scheme that resulted in a 2,600% price...
30.01.2017
- US-based Pfizer is the latest major drugmaker to join Milner Therapeutics Consortium, a global therapeutic alliance that is essentially a “match-making” service between...
27.01.2017
- Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has won its battle to acquire Swiss biotechnology firm Actelion. The deal announced on Jan. 26 foresees the New Jersey, USA-based healthcare company...
13.01.2017
- American drugmakers, who had hoped US President-Elect Donald Trump would go easier on the industry than Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had promised to do, received an...
19.12.2016
- Major US drugmaker Pfizer will use IBM Watson Health’s artificial intelligence technology to help in its efforts to find new cancer medicines. The deal will use the Watson for Drug...
15.12.2016
- Johnson & Johnson has withdrawn from the running for Actelion Pharmaceuticals, leaving the path clear for another buyer, which multiple reports say is Sanofi. The US healthcare...
13.12.2016
- Swiss fine chemicals producer and contract manufacturer Lonza has confirmed a “strong interest” in acquiring Capsugel, a Morristown, New Jersey, USA-based producer of capsules used...
08.12.2016
- US pharmaceutical major Pfizer has been fined a record £84.2 million by the UK’s competition authority for overcharging the National Health Service (NHS) for an anti-epilepsy drug...