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FDA Head, Company CEOs Cheer Bumper Haul of New Drugs

26.01.2013 - Pharmaceutical industry productivity is improving as a more targeted approach to drug development yields dividends and regulators offer speedier decisions on medicines that make a...

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U.S. Government Investment Gives Flu Vaccines a Shot in the Arm

19.01.2013 - Fighting the flu may soon get easier. As early as next year, more modern and more effective vaccines will hit the market, thanks to investments by the U.S. government and...

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Drug Industry Bets on New Blockbusters in 2013

16.01.2013 - Drugmakers are betting that a new wave of medicines for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and hepatitis will shape up as tomorrow's blockbusters in the coming 12...

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AstraZeneca's New CEO Removes R&D, Commercial Heads

15.01.2013 - AstraZeneca's new chief executive stamped his authority on the struggling drugmaker on Tuesday by removing the heads of research and commercial operations. Pascal Soriot, who took...

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Roche Hires U.S. Academic to Revitalise Research Unit

15.01.2013 - Swiss drugmaker Roche has hired a leading American academic in a bid to revive part of its research operations which have struggled to shake off a string of high-profile and costly...

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Almac Doubles Drug Product Development Capacity

14.01.2013 - Almac is pleased to announce the expansion of its drug product Pharmaceutical Development services with the creation of a new non-GMP formulation development facility and two new...

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Amgen Trims 2012 EPS Estimate, Citing R&D Tax Credit Delay

09.01.2013 - Amgen, the world's largest biotechnology company, on Tuesday lowered its outlook for 2012 earnings per share by 10 cents, citing a delay in the impact of a U.S. tax credit for...

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Actelion Sticks to Forecast for Return to Growth from 2014

08.01.2013 - Actelion, Europe's biggest biotech company, is sticking to its forecast for core earnings to return to growth from 2014 as cost cuts and a new heart and lung treatment offset...