Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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Small Generic Drug Firms Need Niches to Survive Looming Price War

21.07.2012 - Aggressive consolidation among U.S. and European generic drugmakers is putting pressure on smaller competitors in the industry, whose best hope of surviving a brewing price war may...

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FDA Reform Act Signed into Law

20.07.2012 - In a major victory for the American people, President Obama recently signed into law the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Safety and Innovation Act that will allow the U.S...

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US Chemical Market Status 2012

20.07.2012 - Go USA - Following a strong 4th quarter 2011, the US economy seemingly started the year on firm ground with gains in consumer spending, manufacturing output, and even housing. It...

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U.S. Court Upholds Pfizer's Lyrica Patent Protection

19.07.2012 - Pfizer beat back a challenge from generic drugmakers to a patent that protects its pain medicine Lyrica, its second-best selling drug when a federal judge ruled in its favor on...

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Nestle Invests in U.S. Medical Food for Alzheimer's

19.07.2012 - Nestle has bought a stake in U.S. firm Accera to support the rollout of a medical food brand for Alzheimer's patients, as the world's biggest food group seeks to expand in the...

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Cost Cuts Help Actelion Lift Earnings View

19.07.2012 - Actelion raised its earnings outlook for 2012 on Thursday as cost cuts helped Europe's biggest biotech company to post a first-half profit despite its most important drug facing...

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Novartis on Track despite Bigger Dollar Hit

19.07.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis posted a smaller than expected fall in second-quarter core earnings and said tight cost control and strong sales of new drugs would help it cope with a...

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Drugmakers Brace for More Pain, Some Gain in France

18.07.2012 - Lower prices, higher taxes and fewer drugs paid for by the state could be the new regime for France's pharmaceutical industry when the government details plans in September for €2...