Keyword: healthcare

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Kemal Malik appointed Bayer AG Board of Management member with responsibility for Innovation

20.12.2013 - The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG appointed Kemal Malik (51) to the Board of Management of Bayer AG effective February 1, 2014. Malik has been a member of the Bayer HealthCare...

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Bayer Preparing A Bid For Norwegian Drug Partner Algeta

26.11.2013 - German pharmaceutical group Bayer is preparing a bid to acquire Algeta, its partner for its prostate cancer treatment Xofigo, a German newspaper reported on Tuesday. The...

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Germany's Merck Sees Long-Term Growth in Cancer Drug Erbitux

07.10.2013 - German healthcare company Merck expects to get a long-term boost from study results in June that showed its main cancer drug Erbitux has an edge over rival product Avastin. Erbitux...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Interview with Angelos Orfanos, DHL: Life Science Demands Advanced Infrastructure

03.06.2013 - Logistics - Globalization, outsourcing and a trend towards generics and biopharmaceuticals are some of the key factors shaping todays supply chains for the life sciences and...

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Drugmakers Face More Scrutiny of Discordant U.S. Prices

11.05.2013 - The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end. Companies like Pfizer and...

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U.S. Sues Novartis, Alleging Kickbacks to Pharmacies

24.04.2013 - The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of...

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New Technology Speeding Progress on Bird Flu Vaccine

13.04.2013 - Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China - typically the first step in making a flu vaccine - government-backed...

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U.S. Struggles with Pharmaceutical Goals in Asia Trade Talks

29.03.2013 - The United States is striving to find an appropriate balance in Asia-Pacific free trade talks between providing strong patent and data protections for U.S. drug manufacturers and...