Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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Slow Approvals Put India's Drug Trials Industry at Risk

13.02.2013 - Slower government approval for testing new medicines is threatening India's aspirations to be a fast-growing, low-cost hub for clinical trials, and has prompted some drugs firms to...

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Drugmakers Eye Africa's Middle Classes as Next Growth Market

12.02.2013 - For pharmaceutical companies, Africa is changing. Not only is the continent's economic growth grabbing attention in boardrooms but the shifting nature of its disease burden is...

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Regeneron Says Sanofi to Boost Stake in its Shares

11.02.2013 - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said its longtime drug-development partner Sanofi aims to boost its stake in the U.S. biotechnology company through open market purchases of its stock...

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Cedarburg Hauser Adds Controlled Substance Capabilities at Denver Site

10.02.2013 - Cedarburg Hauser Pharmaceuticals has announced the addition of controlled substance capabilities at its Denver, CO facility. Both of Cedarburg Hauser's facilities, in Colorado and...

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GSK Vaccine Ingredient Scrutinized for Narcolepsy Clues

08.02.2013 - Mounting evidence of a link between GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix flu shot and a spike in narcolepsy cases among children in Europe is putting one of the vaccine's key ingredients...

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Amgen Biosimilar Push Takes Aim at Blockbusters

07.02.2013 - Amgen said it expects generic versions of biotech drugs, known as biosimilars, to be a multibillion-dollar opportunity for the company and has targeted some of the industry's...

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Buyers Eye Multibillion Deal for Brazilian Drugmaker

07.02.2013 - International drug companies are considering bidding for Ache Laboratorios Farmaceuticos, one of Brazil's biggest drugmakers, in a deal valuing it at several billion dollars...

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Patent Expiries Delay Sanofi's Return to Growth

07.02.2013 - French drugmaker Sanofi said earnings could fall this year as it continues to feel the effects of expiring patents, disappointing hopes of a return to growth. The group, which saw...