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Chemistry & Life Sciences

DCAT Week ’16

03.02.2016 - A key upcoming industry event is DCAT Week, the flagship event of the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT). DCAT Week brings together pharmaceutical and...

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AstraZeneca Seals Three Drug Deals

18.12.2015 - The third week of December was a busy one for AstraZeneca. Just days after the British-Swedish drugmaker confirmed talks with privately owned biotech Acerta Pharma about an...

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Teva and Takeda in Japanese Generics JV

01.12.2015 - Israeli generics giant Teva and Japanese drugmaker Takeda have agreed to form a partnership to address the growing importance of generics in Japan. The 51:49 joint venture, which...

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Drugmakers Launch UK Dementia Fund

22.10.2015 - Six international drugmakers, led by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and including Johnson & Johnson, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Takeda, have joined forces with the UK Department of...

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Takeda Said Offering $2.2 Billion to Settle Actos Lawsuits

12.04.2015 - Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda has offered more than $2.2 billion to settle thousands of US lawsuits over the diabetes drug Actos, the news agency Bloomberg reports. The...

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Fired Sanofi CEO to Receive $4.4 Million Severance Pay

26.01.2015 - French drugmaker Sanofi will pay its former chief executive Chris Viehbacher, fired by the company in October 2014, a severance package worth €4.4 million in total, including fixed...

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U.S. Court Fines Takeda, Lilly $9 billion Over Diabetes Drug Safety

09.04.2014 - Japanese drug giant Takeda Pharmaceutical has vowed to fight a $6 billion damages award to U.S. plaintiffs who blamed its Actos diabetes drug for their bladder cancer. The company...

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iBIO and iBIO Institute Boards Elect Andy Hull and Linda Friedman as 2014 Chairs

24.01.2014 - The Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization (iBIO) today announced the election of Andy Hull as chairman of the iBIO Board of Directors, and the election of Linda Friedman, as...