Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer to settle bribery charges with US government: report
21 Nov 2011
Pfizer Inc will pay more than $60 million to settle allegations by the US government that the world's largest drugmaker paid bribes to win overseas business
Lupin to acquire Japan’s I'rom Pharmaceutical
17 Nov 2011
Pfizer, Ranbaxy sued over Lipitor price fixing in the US
10 Nov 2011
Pfizer and Ranbaxy have been sued for holding back a generic version of Pfizer’s cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the US and then fixing its price.
Novartis to eliminate 2,000 jobs, close two sites in Europe
25 Oct 2011
The job cut, which is 1 per cent of Novart's workforce of around 120,000, is expected to generate annual savings of more than $200 million.
Abbott to pay $1.3 bn to settle Depakote epilepsy drug claims
24 Oct 2011
The settlement is an outcome of a whistle-blower lawsuit bought on by former and current Abbott sales employees alleging unapproved uses were promoted in a variety of US healthcare programs.
Abott to split into two
19 Oct 2011
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