Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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Divisive Elan Boss Martin Faces Ownership Showdown

13.06.2013 - When Kelly Martin, a former Merrill Lynch banker with no drug industry experience, took over as CEO of Ireland's Elan in 2003, analysts assumed his mandate was to clean up the...

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Teva, Sun Pharma to Pay $2.15 Billion to Settle Pfizer Patent Suit

12.06.2013 - Pfizer said Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries would pay $2.15 billion to settle a patent suit related to its acid-reflux drug. This is the first...

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Sanofi Steps up Diabetes Drive as Rivals Raise the Stakes

07.06.2013 - In a leafy suburb of Frankfurt, a state-of-the-art plant churns out up to 1 million insulin pens every day in French drugmaker Sanofi's drive to keep its no. 2 spot in the $43...

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FDA Panel Votes to Relax Avandia Restrictions

07.06.2013 - U.S. health advisers voted on Thursday to recommend relaxing market restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia, the former blockbuster at the center of one of the...

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Ruling Threatens Royalty's Elan Bid Ahead of Key Meeting

07.06.2013 - Royalty Pharma received a blow in its battle to take over Irish drug firm Elan on Thursday after a ruling on conditions attached to the U.S. company's hostile bid threatened to...

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After Tech Success, Israel Seeks Life Sciences Growth

06.06.2013 - Inspired by its success in high-tech electronics and software, Israel is hoping to pull off the same trick in life sciences. The Mediterranean country already boasts the world's...

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EU to Fine Lundbeck, Others for Blocking Generic Drugs

03.06.2013 - A European regulator will fine Denmark's Lundbeck and eight other makers of generic drugs for limiting the supply of cheaper medicines, two people with knowledge of the matter said...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Saltigo to Actively Develop Attractive Lines of Business

01.06.2013 - "In the future we will be even better positioned to serve our customers as their partner of choice," says Wolfgang Schmitz, Managing Director of Saltigo, in the run-up to this year...