19.01.2013
- Fighting the flu may soon get easier. As early as next year, more modern and more effective vaccines will hit the market, thanks to investments by the U.S. government and...
16.01.2013
- Drugmakers are betting that a new wave of medicines for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and hepatitis will shape up as tomorrow's blockbusters in the coming 12...
08.01.2013
- China will cut prices of about 400 drugs for respiratory diseases, fever and pain by up to 20% from February, in a move to make medicines, including some products from Pfizer...
02.01.2013
- U.S. regulators approved 39 new drugs in 2012, the most in 16 years, suggesting that pharmaceutical makers are poised for growth after losing billions of dollars in recent years to...
19.12.2012
- The number of new medicines approved or pending approval is on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic, painting an encouraging picture for the global drugs industry as it emerges...
12.12.2012
- Six people who inhaled leaking chemicals at the Novartis plant which makes the company's top-selling drug Diovan were taken to hospital on Tuesday, police said. Novartis had no...
04.12.2012
- Drug companies are becoming more efficient in hunting for new treatments, though this has yet to be reflected in improved investment returns, according to a report on Tuesday. Low...
26.11.2012
- An experimental vaccine based on a molecule related to DNA protects animals against influenza and may one day offer an ultra-rapid way to develop new shots for humans, German...
