Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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Teva Pharmaceutical Banks on Thrice-weekly Copaxone

02.05.2013 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is banking on approval in early 2014 for a new thrice-weekly version of its multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone to bolster sales ahead of a likely...

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Sanofi to Step Up Development of New Diabetes Device

02.05.2013 - Sanofi is stepping up the development of a fixed combination of diabetes treatments Lantus and Lyxumia to sidestep an earlier setback with a similar pen device and take advantage...

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U.S. Launch of Novo's New Insulin Faces Long Delay

01.05.2013 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk could see the U.S. launch of its biggest drug hope, a new long-acting insulin, delayed until 2018 while it conducts more tests to satisfy regulators, it said...

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Court Stops EU Regulator Releasing Drug Company Data

30.04.2013 - Europe's medicines regulator has been stopped from releasing clinical trial data about drugs made by AbbVie and Intermune, following a court ruling favouring the two U.S. companies...

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Pfizer Q1 Results Fall Short

30.04.2013 - Pfizer reported much lower-than-expected first-quarter sales on Tuesday, hurt by weak demand for its Prevnar 13 vaccine and generic medicines, and it trimmed its 2013 profit...

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Merck, Pfizer to Jointly Develop Diabetes Drug

29.04.2013 - Pfizer and Merck & Co said they will co-develop Pfizer's experimental type 2 diabetes drug ertugliflozin, both as a standalone product and in combination with other drugs...

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AbbVie Delivers on Scorching Humira Drug Sales Growth

26.04.2013 - AbbVie reported slightly better than expected quarterly results on Friday, fueled by surging sales of its Humira treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Sales of Humira, which accounts...

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AstraZeneca Q1 Sales Tumble as Generic Losses Bite Deep

25.04.2013 - AstraZeneca's sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 13% in the first quarter as patent expiries took a heavy toll, underscoring the turnaround challenge facing Britain's second...