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Fake Drugs Threaten Gains Made in War on Malaria

22.05.2012 - Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the...

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Drugmakers Weigh Emergency Supply Plan for Greece

18.05.2012 - International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro. Discussions have...

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Britain to Fund Prostate Cancer Pill in U-turn

16.05.2012 - Britain's drug watchdog has reversed a controversial decision not to fund a new prostate cancer pill that was developed in the country after maker Johnson & Johnson agreed a new...

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India's Piramal Healthcare to Buy U.S. Firm to Boost R&D

16.05.2012 - Indian drugmaker Piramal Healthcare has agreed to buy a U.S.-based healthcare data provider for $635 million to boost research and development, the company said on Wednesday, a...

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EU Adviser Backs Antitrust Fine for AstraZeneca

15.05.2012 - AstraZeneca misled patent regulators more than a decade ago in a bid to block competition to its ulcer drug Losec, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Tuesday, backing a €52.5...

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US Senate Probes Painkiller Makers, Allied Groups

10.05.2012 - A U.S. Senate panel has launched a probe of possible links between three drugmakers and nonprofit medical groups that advocated for increasing the use of prescription painkillers...

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BASF Acquires Manufacturer of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

10.05.2012 - BASF announced the acquisition of Equateq, a manufacturer of highly concentrated omega-3 fatty acids. Equateq has a production site located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland with 47...

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GSK Goes Hostile with $2.6 bln Human Genome Offer

10.05.2012 - GlaxoSmithKline will take its $2.6 billion bid for long-time partner Human Genome Sciences direct to shareholders this week, after its takeover offer was rejected last month by the...