Pfizer
Pfizer to buy Anacor Pharmaceuticals for $5.2 bn
16 May 2016
Pfizer blocks sale of lethal injections for executions
14 May 2016
Pfizer Inc, the largest US pharmaceutical company, yesterday said that it will block its drugs being used in lethal injections, effectively cutting off supply of the drug used by states for executions
Pfizer initiates buyout talks with cancer drug maker Medivation
04 May 2016
US drug giant Pfizer Inc has initiated talks with cancer drug maker Medivation Inc over a possible buyout, a move that could rival a $9.3-billion offer from Sanofi
Pfizer calls halt to $160bn merger with Allergan: report
06 Apr 2016
The decision comes after the US Treasury unveiled new rules that proposed to limit companies’ ability to participate in inversion transactions if they have been engaged in acquisitions within the past 36 months
New Treasury rules threaten Allergan-Pfizer merger
05 Apr 2016
The US Treasury Department has framed new rules to throttle ‘inversions’, in a move seen to be directly prompted by the proposed Allergan-Pfizer merger, which would create the world’s biggest drug firm
India bans Pfizer, Abbot cough syrups; shares tank
14 Mar 2016
The centre has banned Pfizer’s Corex and Abbot Laboratories’ Phensedyl after a panel of experts found the codeine-based drugs had ‘no therapeutic justification’ and were leading to addiction as well as smuggling
Allergen deal to help Pfizer save $35 bn in annual taxes: report
26 Feb 2016
The Pfizer-Allergen deal is the largest inversion ever, which would potentially lower the merged entity's annual tax bill by $35 billion in the United States
