Pharmaceuticals
Sun Pharma advises Taro shareholders against voting at AGM
18 Dec 2009
In a letter written to shareholders of Israeli-based Taro, Sun Pharmaceuticals chairman and managing director Dilip Shanghvi accuses Taro chairman Barret Levy of rewarding independent directors for conniving to defraud shareholders.
J&J to buy ENT device maker Acclarent for $785 million
17 Dec 2009
To bolster revenue affected by the drop in sales of its blockbuster drugs on patent expiry and generic competition, J&J has been resorting to acquisition of new products and technologies
Hospira of US buys Orchid’s injectables business
16 Dec 2009
Orchid has 54 products for launch in the US, has also filed about 72 marketing applications to supply active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Ranbaxy exits JV with Japan’s Nippon Chemiphar
09 Dec 2009
Pfizer inks $115 million deal with Israel’s Protalix for treatment of Gaucher’s disease
02 Dec 2009
Both Pfizer and Protalix will share future revenues and expenditure related to the development and commercialisation of the drug taliglucerase alfa, on a 60:40 basis respectively.
Ranbaxy launches generic herpes drug in US
27 Nov 2009
Sun Pharma gets FDA nod for selling generic drug
27 Nov 2009
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