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Belgium's Omega Pharma May Sell Itself

08.07.2014 - Omega Pharma, a Belgian healthcare products distributor, is considering selling itself nearly three years after it was taken private by its founder, the news agency Bloomberg said...

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Preparing for Tomorrow’s Pharmaceutical Challenges

08.06.2014 - The pharmerging markets will still be extending their progress by 10 to 13%, as population increases and rising incomes contribute to dramatically higher use of medicines. Improved...

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Corruption Charges Against GSK Seen as Warning

19.05.2014 - Corruption charges against representatives of UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China are a warning to other foreign firms and could do irreparable damage to the company's...

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Bayer Selling Interventional Devices to Boston Scientific

16.05.2014 - Bayer HealthCare has announced a "definitive agreement" to sell its Interventional device business to Boston Scientific for $415 million. The sale include devices used in...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Preparing for Tomorrow’s Pharmaceutical Challenges

09.05.2014 - New legislation, expiring patents and increasing healthcare costs call for decisive changes in the global pharmaceutical industry. New markets for specialty medicines...

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How Safe is Your Business?

09.05.2014 - Staying in Control - IT security requires some effort. Not investing in security measures can turn out to be much more expensive than actually doing it, according to Marcel...

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Zimmer to Buy Biomet for $13.35 Billion

28.04.2014 - U.S.-based Zimmer Holdings has said it will buy rival orthopedic products maker Biomet for more than $13 billion, the latest deal in a wave of consolidations in the healthcare...

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Bayer and Reckitt Said Finalists for Merck & Co. Consumer Arm

28.04.2014 - Germany's Bayer and British consumer products giant Reckitt are said to have emerged as frontrunners to win the auction for the Merck & Co consumer products unit, each reportedly...