Pharmaceuticals
SC blasts manner of stalling Sun-Ranbaxy merger
21 May 2014
Sun Pharma denied the charge but said the share purchase by Silver Street, a limited-liability partnership firm owned by two subsidiaries of Sun Pharma, was being annulled
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s third takeover offer
19 May 2014
AstraZeneca said that Pfizer’s tax-driven inversion structure, which is a key part of its proposal, has already been the subject of intense public and governmental scrutiny
FDA forces Wockhardt to withdraw yet another generic drug from US
17 May 2014
Amid mounting troubles for India’s generic drugs industry, Wockhardt Ltd is recalling over 100,000 bottles of a high blood pressure drug from the US market after they failed to meet FDA standards
Abbott to acquire Chile's CFR Pharmaceuticals in a $2.9 bn deal
17 May 2014
This is Abbott’s first multi-billion dollar deal after it spun off some of its research-based pharmaceuticals business last year
GSK’s former China head charged with bribery
14 May 2014
GSK said that some of its senior Chinese executives appeared to have broken the law
