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Astellas, GSK Vie to Make 'High Altitude' Anaemia Pill

19.04.2013 - Japan's Astellas Pharma and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline are competing to develop a new kind of medicine that boosts production of red blood cells by making the body think it is at...

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Optimer Shares Rise After Report Names Glaxo, Cubist as Potential Buyers

03.04.2013 - Shares of Optimer Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 24% after a Bloomberg report said GlaxoSmithKline and Cubist Pharmaceuticals were among those interested in buying the antibiotic...

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Takeda in Talks to Buy Nycomed In $14.2 Billion Deal

12.05.2011 - Japan's largest drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical is in talks to buy privately-held Swiss rival Nycomed in a deal that could be valued at about $14.2 billion, Bloomberg said, citing...

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White Knight Could Be Elusive For Genzyme

02.08.2010 - Chances are, every big pharmaceutical company is running the numbers and weighing the pros and cons of acquiring Genzyme. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is poised to make a bid...