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Former Novartis Employee Suspected of Data Manipulation

12.06.2014 - A former employee of Novartis Pharma KK, the Japan unit of the Swiss drugmaker, has been arrested on suspicion of manipulating data to promote the company's best-selling blood...

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Novartis Replaces Top Management in Japan After Clinical Trials Probe

04.04.2014 - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has replaced the top managers at its Japanese unit after a third-party probe found employees had acted questionably in clinical trials on a...

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Novartis Ends Heart Failure Drug Tests Early on Strong Results

01.04.2014 - Swiss drug maker Novartis has ended a late-stage clinical trial of a chronic heart failure drug early, following strong interim results. The company said an independent committee...

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Fourth Ranbaxy Generics Plant Hit by FDA Ban

27.01.2014 - Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories faces long delays and high costs in launching big-selling generic drugs in the U.S. after products from a fourth plant were banned due to...

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Novartis Overhauls Japanese Unit after Drug Scandal

07.10.2013 - Novartis said it had overhauled management operations and sanctioned key staff in Japan after a scandal involving research into its Diovan blood pressure drug in the country. The...

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Novartis on Track despite Bigger Dollar Hit

19.07.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis posted a smaller than expected fall in second-quarter core earnings and said tight cost control and strong sales of new drugs would help it cope with a...

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Novartis: No Plans to Slash Jobs

22.11.2010 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has no plans to cut thousands of jobs, a spokesman for the company said on Sunday, rebutting a Swiss newspaper report. Sunday newspaper Sonntag said...

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Novartis Won’t Go All-Cash on Alcon Deal

18.11.2010 - Novartis will not go for an all-cash deal to clinch the remaining 23% stake it does not already own in U.S.-listed eyecare group Alcon, Chief Executive Joe Jimenez told Reuters on...