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Drug Industry Treading Water on R&D Productivity

04.12.2012 - Drug companies are becoming more efficient in hunting for new treatments, though this has yet to be reflected in improved investment returns, according to a report on Tuesday. Low...

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Roche Offers Compromise in Flu Drug Row

22.11.2012 - Roche has offered an olive branch to scientific critics in a bid to end a bitter row over blockbuster flu drug Tamiflu that has led to calls for a boycott of the Swiss drugmaker's...

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Pharma vs. the World

20.11.2012 - In A Clinch - Big Pharma today encounters a variety of pressures from generics manufacturers, governments, patient advocacy groups, investors, physicians and even other...

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India Revokes Roche Patent in New Blow for Big Pharma

03.11.2012 - India dealt a fresh blow to the international pharmaceutical industry on Friday as its patents appeal board revoked a patent granted six years ago on Roche's hepatitis C drug...

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Roche May Face Fines for Lax Drug-Safety Reporting

23.10.2012 - Europe's drugs regulator has started an infringement procedure against Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche Holding to investigate its alleged failure to report fully tens of thousands...

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Roche Sees More Cancer Success as Sales Top Forecast

16.10.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding is banking on a new generation of breast cancer medicines to drive sales growth after strong demand for its established cancer treatments helped it to...

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Thriving Generics

25.09.2012 - Market Transition - When we think about the patent cliff, an image along the lines of a massive waterfall, with companies' revenues in free fall comes to mind. What we usually...

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Sanofi to Unveil Plans for French Research Shake-up

24.09.2012 - French drugmaker Sanofi will reveal on Tuesday how it plans to shake up its French research operations in a cost-cutting drive which unions predict could mean up to 2,500 layoffs...