09.06.2012
- The pharmaceutical industry hit out on Friday at "punitive" measures introduced recently by Germany to rein in medicine costs, underscoring the growing pressure being felt by...
08.06.2012
- According to a new Espicom report, The World Generic Market Report, the global markets for generic drugs will continue to grow despite cost containment pressures from health payers...
08.06.2012
- Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk , the world's biggest insulin maker, said on Friday that U.S. health regulators had extended their review of its new ultra-long-acting insulin Tresiba...
06.06.2012
- Germany's Merck KGaA and India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories have struck a deal to develop cheap versions of biotech cancer drugs, seeking to tap into a new market as patents on...
02.06.2012
- The chairman of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has purchased 1 million U.S.-listed shares of the world's largest generic drugmaker, the company said on Friday. Board Chairman...
01.06.2012
- AstraZeneca's new chairman took the helm on Friday and said the troubled drugmaker faced "a period of significant change". Leif Johansson's first priority is to find a permanent...
01.06.2012
- Sanofi aims to build on its diabetes portfolio, which has so far relied on blockbuster insulin Lantus, with a wider range of treatments that could address not just the disease but...
31.05.2012
- The European Medicines Agency has today begun publishing suspected side effect reports for medicines authorised in the European Economic Area (EEA) on a new public website: www...