Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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The European Pharmaceuticals Economy at Halftime 2012

25.09.2012 - A Pill a Day - Unlike chemicals, the pharmaceuticals sector does not have cycles. Even in a sluggish economy, sick people will still need medicine. But the widening European debt...

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Bayer CEO Decries Pressure to Lower Drug Prices

20.09.2012 - Pressure from governments to lower drug prices risks undermining medical innovation, Bayer's chief executive Marjin Dekkers said on Wednesday, echoing complaints of other drug...

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Atox Bio to Seek Funds by Year-End for More Trials

04.09.2012 - Israeli biotechnology firm Atox Bio, developing a drug it hopes can treat severe infections such as those caused by flesh-eating bacteria and deadly viruses, expects to ask...

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FDA Approves Teva Version of Amgen's Neupogen

30.08.2012 - U.S. drug regulators gave the nod to a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries drug that boosts the production of infection-fighting white blood cells in certain cancer patients receiving...

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Showdown for Big Pharma in India's Highest Court

20.08.2012 - India's highest court will hear final arguments starting this week in a landmark case over drug patents that could change the rules for the country's healthcare sector and...

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China to Double Price-Controlled Drugs List by Year-End

19.08.2012 - China is set to increase the number of products on its price-controlled "essential drugs" list to 700 from 307 by the end of the year, the official Shanghai Securities Journal...

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GlaxoSmithKline Sells Australian Drugs to Aspen for $270 Million

15.08.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline advanced its clear-out of non-core drugs on Wednesday with a deal to sell 25 older brands marketed in Australia to South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare for 172 million...

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Merck KGaA Beats in Q2 on Rebif Drug

14.08.2012 - German drugmaker Merck KGaA beat forecasts for quarterly adjusted earnings and predicted faster growth in underlying core profit this year on higher pharmaceutical sales and a...