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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...