Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer weighs $101-bn bid for AstraZeneca
21 Apr 2014
A potential deal with AstraZeneca would be the biggest-ever acquisition in the pharmaceutical industry, and would see another iconic British brand being acquired by a foreign company
Glenmark recalls anti-ulcer drug in the US over tablet mix-up
19 Apr 2014
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd is recalling 2,900 bottles of its anti-ulcer drug ranitidine from the US market after a tablet to treat high blood pressure was found in one of the bottles
After China, Iraq, Poland, GSK bribery probe now expands to Jordan, Lebanon
17 Apr 2014
The probe into a whistle-blower's allegations that British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline’s employees bribed doctors to prescribe its products has now expanded to the Middle East