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Pfizer Faces Hefty Price To Secure Stada

22.03.2010 - Pfizer, eyeing German generic drug maker Stada after losing the battle for Ratiopharm, would have to pay top dollar to unpick management's lock on Stada's shares. To repel suitors...

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Nanotech Robots Deliver Gene Therapy Through Blood

22.03.2010 - U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient's blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer...

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Pfizer Expects EU Lipitor Extension Approval In May

22.03.2010 - Pfizer said it expects a positive decision by the end of May on the inclusion of new pediatric data on labeling in Europe for its cholesterol drug Lipitor after European drug...

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Generic Deals May Still Hold Appeal for Pfizer

19.03.2010 - Pfizer may still be eager to buy generic drugmakers, after being outbid for Germany's Ratiopharm in an effort to shore up revenue as it braces for evaporating sales of its...

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Teva to Buy Ratiopharm for Over $4.8 Billion

18.03.2010 - Israel's Teva has won the battle for German generic drugmaker Ratiopharm, three sources said, fixing the industry leader's weakness in the world's second-largest generics market...

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Three-way Ratiopharm Auction Comes To Head

18.03.2010 - The tussle over German generic drugs maker Ratiopharm is drawing to a close as the three remaining contenders square off in the final round of bidding, sources close to the deal...

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Tekmira, Pfizer to Collaborate on RNAi Delivery System

17.03.2010 - Canada's Tekmira Pharmaceuticals said it would collaborate with Pfizer to evaluate the potential of using its technology to deliver Pfizer's gene "silencing" mechanism to treat a...

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Pfizer to Make Bid For Ratiopharm

17.03.2010 - Pfizer will on Wednesday place an offer in the final round of bids for German generic drug maker Ratiopharm, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Ratiopharm's...