Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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Novartis Seeks Productivity Improvements with New CFO

24.04.2013 - Novartis has promoted Harry Kirsch, who has driven productivity improvements at its pharmaceuticals division, to be chief financial officer as the Swiss drugmaker looks to grow...

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U.S. Sues Novartis, Alleging Kickbacks to Pharmacies

24.04.2013 - The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of...

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Amgen First Quarter Sales Disappoint

24.04.2013 - Amgen on Tuesday reported first-quarter sales that fell short of Wall Street expectations for most of its biggest-selling medicines, and its shares fell more than 6%. Revenue for...

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South Africa Seeks to Close Drug Patent Loophole

22.04.2013 - South Africa plans to overhaul its intellectual property laws to improve access to cheaper medicines by making it harder for pharmaceutical firms to register and roll-over patents...

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Astellas, GSK Vie to Make 'High Altitude' Anaemia Pill

19.04.2013 - Japan's Astellas Pharma and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline are competing to develop a new kind of medicine that boosts production of red blood cells by making the body think it is at...

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UK Watchdog Accuses GSK Over 'Pay-for-delay' Drug Deals

19.04.2013 - Britain's competition body accused GlaxoSmithKline of market abuse for striking deals with three generic drugmakers that paid them to delay launching cheap copies of its...

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Abbott Devices, Generics Struggle

17.04.2013 - Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday reported higher quarterly earnings after splitting off its branded drug business, and the company said demand was strong for its infant formulas...

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Actavis to Sell Generic Yaz Birth Control After Ruling

17.04.2013 - Pharmaceutical company Actavis said on Tuesday that it would once again sell a generic version of Bayer's Yaz after an appeals court ruled that Bayer's patent for the oral...