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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...