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FDA Advisory Panel Supports Female Libido Pill

12.06.2015 - An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has voted 18 to 6 in favor of Sprout Pharmaceutical’s new female libido pill finanserin, providing the company...

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Pfizer Speculated to Have GSK in its Sights

29.05.2015 - Speculation that US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, after a failed attempt last year to take over AstraZeneca, has its sights on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are gaining renewed attention...

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PwC Sees Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences in M&A Surge

18.05.2015 - The pharmaceuticals and life sciences sectors saw 35 mergers and acquisitions worth $166.3 billion in the first three months of 2015, a value that eclipsed transactions from all of...

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Emerald Kalama Appoints Huub Moolenaar as Sales Manager K-Flex EMEA

15.05.2015 - Emerald Kalama Chemical has appointed Huub Moolenaar as sales manager, EMEA, for K-FLEX plasticizers and coalescents in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Moolenaar, whose...

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Mylan Makes $29 Billion Bid for Perrigo

12.04.2015 - Generic drugmaker Mylan has made an offer of $ $28.86 billion in stock and cash to acquire rival Perrigo. A merger of the two major players would create a leader in specialty drugs...

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Drugs Industry Battered by Currency and Competition

13.03.2015 - Both European and US pharmaceutical industry players are highly research-oriented and possess very diversified portfolios. While each country has its national champions, Swiss...

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Bayer’s Brandicourt Could Be New Sanofi CEO

19.02.2015 - As the search narrows for a successor to Chris Viehbacher, who was dismissed last year as CEO of French drugmaker Sanofi, French newspaper Le Figaro has identified Bayer HealthCare...

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Pfizer Set to Acquire Hospira for $15 Billion

06.02.2015 - Pfizer Set to Acquire Hospira for $15 Billion In its first major deal since the collapse of its effort to buy AstraZeneca last year, US drugmaker Pfizer has announced that it will...