Pharmaceuticals
Irish drugmaker Mallinckrodt to buy Questcor Pharmaceuticals for $5.6 bn
08 Apr 2014
Questcor's main product, the injectable drug Acthar Gel, which it acquired in 2001 from Aventis, is used in the treatment of 19 conditions, including multiple sclerosis and infantile spasms
Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy to merge in Rs24,000 all-stock deal
07 Apr 2014
The merger will create India's largest pharmaceutical company and the world's fifth largest speciality generics company with annual emerging market sales nearing Rs6,000 crore
Health ministry seeks compulsory licence for Bristol-Myers' cancer drug
03 Apr 2014
A month’s dosage of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s patented drug Dasatinib, which is sold under the brand name `Sprycel’, costs around Rs60,000
J&J accepts $4 bn bid from Carlyle for its ortho-clinical diagnostics business
01 Apr 2014
Johnson & Johnson's ortho-clinical diagnostics unit was created in 1994 when it acquired the clinical diagnostics division of Eastman Kodak and formed Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, which was then merged in 1997 with Ortho Diagnostic Systems
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