Keyword: Pharma

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Pfizer Appeals UK Fine Over NHS Hike

20.02.2017 - US drugs giant Pfizer has challenged the record £84 million fine imposed by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for a supply scheme that resulted in a 2,600% price...

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Biotech Chiefs Lambaste Trump’s Travel Ban

09.02.2017 - Chief executives of more than 160 biotechnology companies have written an open letter to scientific journal Nature Biotechnology, expressing their “deep concern and opposition” to...

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Ethypharm Takes UK’s Martindale Pharma

25.01.2017 - Boosting its presence in the UK pharmaceutical market, French company Ethypharm has acquired Martindale Pharma for an undisclosed sum. Martindale is a leading UK specialty pharma...

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Value of Pharma M&A Doubled in 2016

06.01.2017 - Pharmaceutical companies paid twice as much for acquisitions in 2016 than a year earlier, according to an analysis of the 316 drugs-sector deals of the past three years carried out...

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Slovakia’s Saneca Gets Grant to Boost R&D

07.12.2016 - Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Saneca Pharma has been awarded a €1.5 million grant over four years from the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science...

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Pfizer and TVM Life Science Ventures Invest in Ixchelsis

05.12.2016 - Pfizer Venture Investments (PVI) and TVM Life Science Ventures VII are making an additional $12 million investment in Ixchelsis. This funding will enable the UK start-up company to...

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South America’s Chemical Industry in Recession

21.11.2016 - The South American countries were beacons of hope for the world economy until the 2008/2009 global economic crisis. Brazil, the region’s largest country, was even mentioned in the...

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Pharma Shares Rise on Trump Victory

10.11.2016 - Shares in major globally active pharmaceutical producers rose by as much as 11% on the news that Donald Trump had won the Nov. 8 election as president of the United States. The...