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Drugmakers Offer to Cap Greece's Medicines Bill

05.11.2012 - International drug companies have offered to cap the total amount the Greek government has to pay for its medicines in a bid to resolve a crisis that is jeopardising both the...

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Germany's Merck Halts Supply of Cancer Drug to Greek Hospitals

03.11.2012 - German pharmaceuticals firm Merck KGaA is no longer delivering cancer drug Erbitux to Greek hospitals, a spokesman said on Saturday, the latest sign of how an economic and budget...

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India Revokes Roche Patent in New Blow for Big Pharma

03.11.2012 - India dealt a fresh blow to the international pharmaceutical industry on Friday as its patents appeal board revoked a patent granted six years ago on Roche's hepatitis C drug...

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Dendreon Posts Better-Than-Expected Q3 Results

03.11.2012 - Dendreon on Friday said restructuring-related costs widened its quarterly loss but not as much as Wall Street had expected, and its shares jumped 20%. The biotech company said...

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SAFC, CrystalGenomics Sign Collaboration Agreement

02.11.2012 - Sigma-Aldrich today announced that its custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC, has signed an agreement with Seoul, South Korea-based CrystalGenomics to support the...

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Europe Approves High-Price Gene Therapy

02.11.2012 - European officials have approved the Western world's first gene therapy drug from a small Dutch biotech company, in a milestone for the novel medical technology that fixes faulty...

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Vertex Posts Q3 Loss as Hepatitis Drug Sales Plunge

02.11.2012 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals reported a net loss for the third quarter on Thursday with results hurt by fast-declining sales of its Incivek hepatitis C drug, as the company turned its...

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Pfizer Quarterly Revenue Fall Far Short of Forecasts

01.11.2012 - Pfizer reported on Thursday quarterly revenue well below Wall Street expectations, on sharply weaker sales of specialty care drugs and a pullback of emerging market revenue...