15.07.2014
- Dublin-based pharmaceutical producer Shire, a specialist in drugs to treat rare diseases, has succumbed to an increased £31 billion ($53 billion) takeover offer from US drugmaker...
09.07.2014
- US drugmaker AbbVie has raised its offer for London-based pharmaceutical producer Shire to £30.1 billion ($51.3 billion), hoping to win over its reluctant target after three...
16.06.2014
- The world's biggest would-be drugs merger hit a wall last month but speculation about smart ways that Pfizer could yet seal a deal with AstraZeneca remains intense. Even as talks...
11.06.2014
- Effective August 1, 2014, Dieter Weinand will become president of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and at the same time join the Executive Committee of Bayer HealthCare. He...
06.06.2014
- Giving Pharma a Boost - Brazil's business environment is notoriously cumbersome. The manufacturing sector in particular suffers from high tax rates, poor infrastructure and...
02.06.2014
- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim has said it will pay about $650 million to settle US lawsuits that claimed the company's blockbuster blood thinner, Pradaxa (dabigatran)...
29.05.2014
- US drugmaker Eli Lilly has struck a licensing deal with Sanofi that would allow its French rival to pursue regulatory approval for a non-prescription version of Lilly's erectile...
27.05.2014
- In a move widely expected, Pfizer abandoned its attempt to buy AstraZeneca for nearly £70 billion ($118 billion) on May 26 as a final deadline mandated by British law approached...
