Keyword: healthcare

Strategy & Management

Lonza Adds More Building Blocks for the Healthcare Continuum

27.02.2018 - Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Lonza said it exceeded its full-year 2017 guidance. The company reported sales of CHF 5.1 billion. Having closed the...

News

Chinese Interest in J&J Diabetes Franchise?

22.01.2018 - Chinese companies are said to be taking great interest in the diabetes care business Johnson & Johnson may put up for sale. The news agency Reuters, citing “five people with direct...

News

UK Life Science Boom despite Brexit?

05.12.2017 - As a UK Parliament-select committee prepared for a public evidence session on Dec. 5, examining scenarios for trading arrangements with the UK post-Brexit, reports were circulating...

Markets & Companies

Venezuela: Plenty of Room for Improvement

25.11.2017 - Venezuela is one of the emerging pharmaceutical markets in South America, with a major dependence on imports. However, economic and political turmoil along with inefficient patent...

News

Biesterfeld Creates Healthcare Unit

24.10.2017 - German chemical distributor Biesterfeld is creating a new business unit as part of its ongoing drive to focus on specific market segments. The move is said to be “a logical...

News

Air Liquide Buys Japan Medical Gases Group

03.10.2017 - Major French industrial gases group Air Liquide has expanded its healthcare business in Japan with the acquisition of Sogo Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SSKK). Financial terms were not...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Supply Chain Integrity and Patient Safety

27.09.2017 - Investigation into future trends in the medical and pharmaceutical sector shows that digitalization is changing supply chains in the healthcare industry. Such diverse issues like...

Strategy & Management

Capitalizing On Precision Medicine

27.09.2017 - By applying a deeper understanding of diseases with richer patient data and advanced analytics, precision medicine can help physicians tailor medicines to the needs of individual...