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Facing Fines, Glaxo SmithKline to Stop Drug Promotion Excesses

19.12.2013 - UK drugmaker Glaxo SmithKline has said it would cease offering financial incentives to doctors to promote its products through speaking engagements, for example. The company also...

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Sartorius closes acquisition of TAP Biosystems Group

18.12.2013 - Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment provider, successfully completed its acquisition of UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc last Monday. The...

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Merkel Seen to Stop German Drug Legislation

17.12.2013 - German chancellor Angela Merkel has intervened to stop the introduction of new pharmaceuticals legislation planned by the new grand coalition of her Christian Democrat party (CDU)...

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Consumer Health Division of Merck KGaA in Turnaround

06.12.2013 - The Consumer Health division of Merck KGaA has made "substantial progress" in raising profitability levels to those of other global over-the-counter drug competitors, the company...

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Merck KGaA Offers $2.6 Billion for AZ Electronic Materials

05.12.2013 - Merck, the world's largest maker of liquid crystals for flat panel displays, said it had agreed to buy Britain's AZ Electronic Materials for 1.6 billion pounds ($2.61 billion) in...

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Boehringer Unit Taps Bank of America to Explore Sale of Generics Business

04.12.2013 - Ben Venue Laboratories, a Bedford, Ohio-based subsidiary of German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim has tapped Bank of America Merrill Lynch to explore a possible sale of its generic...

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Merck KGaA to Build New Pharma Plant in China

28.11.2013 - German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA plans to invest €80 million in a new pharmaceutical plant in the Nantong Economical Technological Development Area of...

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Germany’s Merck Adds Israeli R&D Partners

27.11.2013 - German chemicals and pharmaceutical group Merck KGaA has added two new partners, the newly created Metabomed and the start-up ChanBio, to its €10 million Merck Serono Israel...