Pharmaceuticals
Ranbaxy reports Rs2,983 crore Q4 loss on US probe provisioning
23 Feb 2012
Even though its consolidated sales rose over 79 per cent over the last quarter of 2010, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, has reported a net loss of Rs2,982.8 crore, mainly on provisioning related to a probe by the US justice department
Ranbaxy launches generic version of cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in Australia
21 Feb 2012
Ranbaxy today said it has become the first generic drug maker to sell the generic version of Pfizer's block-buster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in Australia
Illumina rejects Roche's $5.7- bn hostile bid
08 Feb 2012
US-based gene sequencing leader Illumina has rejected Roche's $5.7-billion hostile takeover bid saying that the Swiss drug maker’s offer was inadequate and dramatically undervalued the company
Merck to pay Threshold up to $525 million for cancer drug development
06 Feb 2012
Darmstadt-based Merck will receive co-development rights, exclusive global marketing rights and will provide Threshold an option to co-market the drug in the US
AstraZeneca eliminates 7,300 jobs in major restructuring
03 Feb 2012
AstraZeneca's move to save $1.6 billion annually comes ahead of the patent expiry of two of its top drugs over the next four years
Pfizer recalls 1 million birth-control pills
01 Feb 2012
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