Pharmaceuticals
Teva wins US regulatory approval for $6.8-bn Cephalon acquisition
08 Oct 2011
Teva's acquisition of Cephalon was approved after it agreed to divest rights to generic versions of sleep disorder medicine Provigil and two other drugs in order to preserve competition
Carlyle, Hellman & Friedman to buy drug research firm PPD for $3.9 bn
05 Oct 2011
PPD, which provides outsourced clinical research and laboratory services to drug companies, also invests in developing new products through its compound partnering programme.
Patented drugs overpriced, admits Glaxo CEO Witty
28 Sep 2011
The industry has to strike a balance between delivering innovation and affordable pricing, particularly in emerging markets and least developed countries, says GSK chief executive Andrew Witty.
Johnson & Johnson recalls anaemia drug Eprex in 17 countries
24 Sep 2011
J&J is recalling around 200,000 syringes of the anemia drug Eprex in 17 countries due to inconsistent potency in dosages
Sun Pharma resolves FDA issue at US plant
19 Sep 2011
Ranbaxy to launch generic ‘Lipitor’ in US by November
09 Sep 2011
Ranbaxy Laboratories, India’s largest drugmaker, will launch a generic version of Lipitor, the world’s top-selling cholesterol control drug, in the US by November
Ranbaxy’s subsidiary launches esomeprazole in UK
05 Sep 2011
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