Keyword: patent expiries

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Sanofi Sees Relief from Patent Loss Pain

25.10.2012 - French drugmaker Sanofi forecast 2012 earnings would fall less than expected as cost cuts and demand for diabetes and rare disease drugs cushion the blow from patent expiries...

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New CEO Has Work Cut Out as AstraZeneca Sales Fall

25.10.2012 - AstraZeneca's sales slumped 19% in the third quarter, underscoring the scale of the challenge confronting the drugmaker's new chief executive, Pascal Soriot. Faced with patent...

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Sanofi, Bristol Shake up Alliance as Patents End

03.10.2012 - Drugmakers Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb plan to revamp their 15-year-old alliance from Jan. 1 in response to lost exclusivity on two key drugs and the arrival of generic...

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Takeda in Talks to Buy Nycomed In $14.2 Billion Deal

12.05.2011 - Japan's largest drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical is in talks to buy privately-held Swiss rival Nycomed in a deal that could be valued at about $14.2 billion, Bloomberg said, citing...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Pharmaceutical Industry On The Move

26.01.2011 - Shifting Priorities - Our world is faced with a growing and aging population. In developed countries, people search for wellness, while in emerging economies, populations seek...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Patent Cliff To Intensify in the U.S. in 2011

21.01.2011 - Pressures on the U.S. pharmaceutical industry has built over the past few years, stemming from an increasingly stringent drug regulatory environment and the global economic...

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Alan Hippe to Leave ThyssenKrupp, Will Join Roche as CFO in April

17.01.2011 - Outgoing ThyssenKrupp finance chief Alan Hippe will take up the same position at Roche Holding, replacing Erich Hunziker as the Swiss drugmaker implements cost cuts after a series...