28.06.2012
- U.S. health regulators approved the first new weight-loss drug in 13 years, allowing Arena Pharmaceuticals to bring its Belviq pill to market as public health advocates push for...
27.06.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Tuesday it was overhauling its research operations by closing the 80-year-old New Jersey facility where Valium was discovered, cutting 1,000 jobs and...
14.06.2012
- Competition in the eye drug market is heating up, with an experimental drug from private U.S. biotech Ophthotech showing impressive results when added to Roche's Lucentis in a...
09.06.2012
- Spain finalised plans to pay off the healthcare debts of its regions on Friday as some pharmacists closed their doors in protest over unpaid bills in the country, where drugmaker...
07.05.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche has ended efforts to develop a heart disease drug which some industry analysts had estimated could have achieved $10 billion in annual sales, after poor...
23.04.2012
- AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. company Ardea Biosciences for $1.26 billion, giving it a new gout drug to bolster its weak pipeline in a deal that feeds a wave of M&A in the...
20.04.2012
- Roche dropped its bid to buy the gene-sequencing leader Illumina this week after Illumina's shareholders made it clear at the company's annual meeting that the terms were...
12.04.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche dangled the prospect of a higher offer before reluctant U.S. bid target Illumina on Thursday along with broadly flat first-quarter sales supported by its top...
