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Irish Drugmaker Elan to Spin Off Research Arm

13.08.2012 - Ireland's Elan is to spin off its Neotope drug discovery business platform as a separate public company, making Elan immediately profitable and potentially more appealing as a...

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Pfizer Settles Foreign Bribery Case with US Government

07.08.2012 - Pfizer has agreed to pay $60.2 million to settle a U.S. government probe of the drugmaker's alleged use of illegal payments to win business overseas, according to the U.S...

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Pfizer Beats Forecasts, Helped by Cost Cuts

31.07.2012 - Pfizer reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by cuts in research spending and other costs, and affirmed its 2012 profit forecast despite the negative impact of...

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Novartis Drug Afinitor Gets EU Nod for Breast Cancer

30.07.2012 - Novartis drug Afinitor, expected to become a major seller for the Swiss drugmaker, was approved by European regulators to treat women with a certain type of breast cancer, the...

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Amgen Q2 Profit Beats Estimates

27.07.2012 - Amgen on Thursday reported far higher-than-expected second-quarter profit and revenue on strong demand for many of its drugs, and the world's largest biotechnology company raised...

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U.S. Court Upholds Pfizer's Lyrica Patent Protection

19.07.2012 - Pfizer beat back a challenge from generic drugmakers to a patent that protects its pain medicine Lyrica, its second-best selling drug when a federal judge ruled in its favor on...

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Pfizer Sued by Retailers for Generic Lipitor Delay

06.07.2012 - Five big U.S. retailers filed an antitrust lawsuit against Pfizer and India's Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday, accusing them of conspiring to delay sales of generic versions of...

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Roche Revamps Research Ops, Cuts 1,000 U.S. Jobs

27.06.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Tuesday it was overhauling its research operations by closing the 80-year-old New Jersey facility where Valium was discovered, cutting 1,000 jobs and...