Pharmaceuticals
Gilead appeals India’s rejection of patent on Rs60,000 a pill hepatitis drug
17 Jan 2015
Gilead had licensed the drug to seven India-based drug makers in April 2014 and the fresh licensing would prevent domestic drug firms from launching cheaper generic versions of the medicine
Roche to acquire Foundation Medicine in a $1-bn deal
13 Jan 2015
Roche, the world's largest seller of cancer drugs, is acquiring over half of biotechnology diagnostics researcher Foundation Medicine, in a deal valued at $ 1 billion
AmerisourceBergen to acquire MWI Veterinary Supply for $2.5 bn
13 Jan 2015
US pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp is buying leading animal health distribution company MWI Veterinary Supply for approximately $2.5 billion in an all-cash deal aiming to expand into the growing animal health market
Shire acquires specialty drug maker NPS Pharma for $5.2 bn
12 Jan 2015
The announcement is the first major corporate takeover deal of the year signalling continued global consolidation of drug companies
HC backs Novartis, bars Cipla from selling lung drug copy
By By Jagdeep Worah | 10 Jan 2015
In a blow to those suffering from lung and respiratory diseases, the Delhi High Court on Friday restrained domestic firm Cipla from marketing its affordable generic version of respiratory drug Onbrez, ruling in favour of multinational Novartis
Walgreens completes Alliance Boots acquisition
03 Jan 2015
Novartis-GSK business deal gets CCI nod
23 Dec 2014
Philips to buy medical device maker Volcano Corp for $1.2 bn
17 Dec 2014
Dutch diversified technology company Philips N V today struck a deal to buy US medical device maker Volcano Corp, for $1.2 billion including debt
Merck & Co to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $8.4 bn
10 Dec 2014
Merck expects the acquisition to add more than $1 billion of revenue after closing in the first quarter, but will be neutral to non-GAAP earnings per share until 2016
Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy merger deal gets conditional CCI nod
09 Dec 2014
The CCI has asked the two companies to sell off seven brands with combined sales of less than Rs50 crore and market share of 60 to 80 per cent, which the regulator felt, would adversely affect competition
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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