Keyword: Pfizer

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AstraZeneca Shareholders Target CEO Pay

16.03.2016 - AstraZeneca shareholders are said to be questioning the £8.4 million pay package awarded to CEO executive Pascal Soriot last year after he successfully deflected a hostile bid from...

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EU Gives OK for Teva to Buy Allergan Generics

11.03.2016 - As mooted earlier in the week, the European Commission (EC) has given its approval for Israel-based Teva’s planned $40.5 billion acquisition of the generics arm of Ireland...

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Pharma Majors Join Parkinson’s Initiative

24.02.2016 - Major drugs firms AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Eli Lilly are among seven of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies that have joined a new consortium to improve clinical trials for...

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UAE Scores with International Drugmakers

19.02.2016 - The United Arab Emirates is gaining popularity as a manufacturing base for pharmaceuticals, according to the country’s health ministry. Speaking to journalists at the recent Pharma...

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GSK Fined for Blocking Copies of Seroxat

15.02.2016 - Major UK drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been fined more than £37 million by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for anti-competitive behavior relating to generic...

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Leadership Team Named for Pfizer-Allergan

12.02.2016 - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has unveiled the executive leadership team foreseen for its envisaged $160 million merger with Allergan and the move of the company’s official...

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DCAT Week ’16

03.02.2016 - A key upcoming industry event is DCAT Week, the flagship event of the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT). DCAT Week brings together pharmaceutical and...

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NICE Approves Two Biosimilars for Arthritis

02.02.2016 - Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers in England will soon be able to benefit from a cheaper generic version of US pharmaceutical producer Merck’s and the world’s best-selling medicines...