Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer unit fined record $1.3 billion for drug misbranding
19 Oct 2009
Pfizer subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Co, has been sentenced to pay a record fine of $1.3 billion by the US Department of Justice for illegal marketing of medicines including painkiller Bextra
Pfizer completes Wyeth acquisition
16 Oct 2009
Eli Lilly to hive off Tippecanoe laboratory to Evonik Industries
15 Oct 2009
Lilly says its strategic decision was to purchase, rather than manufacture, many late-stage chemical intermediates, and the evolution of the Lilly pipeline towards more biotech medicines
Merck KGaA acquires Banagalore bioscience firm
13 Oct 2009
EU official raid Ranbaxy French unit
08 Oct 2009
Securities Tribunal asks Daiichi to offer Rs160 per Zenotech share
08 Oct 2009
Daiichi, through its acquisition of controlling stake of 64 per cent in Ranbaxy Laboratories last year, holds 47 per cent stake in Zenotech.
Israeli drug firm Taro sues Sun Pharma in US
30 Sep 2009
Lupin buys US rights for cholesterol drug Antara
29 Sep 2009
Abbott to acquire Belgian drug company Solvay for $6.6 billion
29 Sep 2009
In a year of consolidation of the global pharmaceutical industry, Abbott Laboratories plans to acquire Solvay's pharmaceutical business for $6.6
Pharma giants worried about India’s generic expertise: Sharma
26 Sep 2009
Disturbed at growing share of Indian pharma companies in Africa, Multinationals have launched a campaign against generic products from India
Strides Arcolab launches H1N1 drug ‘Starflu’
26 Sep 2009
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