Keyword: Pharma

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How Will Charles River Deal with Opposition To Wuxi?

21.06.2010 - U.S. drug research firm Charles River Laboratories International's plan to buy Chinese rival WuXi PharmaTech looks increasingly shaky as more investors come out against the deal...

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Novo Pulls Drugs from Greece Over Price Cuts

31.05.2010 - Novo Nordisk pulled some of its insulin drugs off the Greek market after an Athens order for drugmakers to slash prices, saying it fears such cuts could spread to larger markets...

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Novo Nordisk Rejects Greek Drug Price Cut

31.05.2010 - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest producer of insulin, has refused to comply with the Greek government's order to pharmaceutical companies to cut prices by a...

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Storm Over J&J's Child Drug Recall Grows

28.05.2010 - Johnson & Johnson was blasted by lawmakers on Thursday for its massive recall of children's medicines, as regulators said a string of recent manufacturing lapses could lead to...

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Roche Maintains Focus as Industry Faces Cutbacks

27.05.2010 - Europe's economic jitters will clean out the health-science industry, leaving global generic as well as innovative drugmakers among the survivors, the head of Swiss drugmaker Roche...

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Pfizer Exec Jumps Ship to Head AstraZeneca's R&D

27.05.2010 - Top Pfizer research executive Martin Mackay has left the world's biggest drugmaker to head research at rival AstraZeneca as both companies brace for patent expirations on their top...

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Sanofi to Invest in Japanese Generic Drug Maker

27.05.2010 - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis will enter Japan's promising generic drug market by buying a small stake in Nichi-iko Pharmaceutical and forming an alliance with the generics maker...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Label Separately – Pack Together

14.04.2010 - Being Attentive - When it comes to packaging sterile medical supplies, particularly stringent quality and safety regulations apply. To begin with, the labels have to be country...