05.08.2013
- India has revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline for breast cancer drug Tykerb, a decision that follows a landmark India court ruling disallowing patents for incremental...
29.07.2013
- Swiss drugmaker Novartis won an important endorsement of its new inhaled medicine for chronic lung disease on Friday when European regulators recommended approval of Ultibro...
25.07.2013
- Swiss drug maker Novartis suffered a fresh blow to the turnaround prospects of its loss-making vaccines division as a key committee advised against including its meningitis B...
22.07.2013
- British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday some of its executives in China appeared to have broken the law in a bribery scandal, as it promised changes in its business model...
18.07.2013
- Chinese authorities investigating the alleged bribery of doctors and officials by GlaxoSmithKline have stopped the drugmaker's head of finance for China, a British citizen, from...
18.07.2013
- Novartis raised its full-year outlook on Wednesday after generic competition to its best-selling blood pressure pill was delayed, granting the Swiss drugmaker a temporary reprieve...
16.07.2013
- Abbott said on Monday that it would enter the laser cataract surgery business by buying privately held OptiMedica for up to $400 million and in a separate deal would pay $310...
02.07.2013
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and...
