26.07.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding took $1.7 billion in restructuring charges it said should lead to big savings as it confirmed its outlook on Thursday with first-half sales beating...
09.06.2012
- China has overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws to allow its drugmakers to make cheap copies of medicines still under patent protection in an initiative likely to...
06.06.2012
- Germany's Merck KGaA and India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories have struck a deal to develop cheap versions of biotech cancer drugs, seeking to tap into a new market as patents on...
12.04.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche dangled the prospect of a higher offer before reluctant U.S. bid target Illumina on Thursday along with broadly flat first-quarter sales supported by its top...
02.04.2012
- In a nondescript suburb south of London, tucked away behind a big hospital, Paul Workman and fellow scientists are celebrating victory in the "World Cup" of cancer drug research...
26.03.2012
- Roche extended its $5.7 billion cash bid for U.S. gene decoder Illumina for a second time as the Swiss drugmaker sticks to its tried and tested M&A strategy of playing a long game...
