Pharmaceuticals
Valeant Pharmaceuticals hires investment banks to review strategic options
15 Apr 2016
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, one of the most aggressive acquirers in the global pharmaceuticals industry, is considering selling "non-core assets" to help trim its $30-billion debt pile
Theranos may lose licence; top execs face ban
14 Apr 2016
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
NPPA brings down prices of 103 drug formulations
02 Apr 2016
Doctors who got more money from pharma companies prescribed more brand-name drugs: study
19 Mar 2016
Doctors who accept payments from pharmaceutical firms and medical-device makers in the US are twice as likely to prescribe more expensive drugs, reveals a recent study
More drug bans coming: 1,200 FDCs under scanner
18 Mar 2016
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