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Top U.S. Court to Decide on Deals to Delay Cheaper Drugs

23.03.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off...

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Merck to Pay $688 Million to Settle Enhance Lawsuits

15.02.2013 - Merck & Co has agreed to pay $688 million to settle two U.S. class-action lawsuits by shareholders who said they lost money because the company concealed the poor results of a...

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Merck Loses Bid To Recoup $473 Million In U.S.

21.06.2011 - A federal appeals court rejected Merck & Co's bid for a new trial to obtain $472.9 million of federal income tax refunds that the drugmaker believes it deserves. The 3rd U.S...

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Merck's Dutch R&D Unit To Keep Some Jobs, Change Focus

07.04.2011 - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co., which last year said it would close three research sites in the Netherlands, on Thursday said it would keep about half of the research and development...

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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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White Knight Could Be Elusive For Genzyme

02.08.2010 - Chances are, every big pharmaceutical company is running the numbers and weighing the pros and cons of acquiring Genzyme. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is poised to make a bid...

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Merck & Co Closing Sites In Post-Merger Restructuring

09.07.2010 - Merck & Co announced plans to close eight research sites and eight manufacturing sites as it restructures in the wake of its merger with rival drugmaker Schering-Plough Corp. Merck...

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Merck to Seek 5 New Drug Approvals This Year

12.05.2010 - Merck & Co plans to seek approval for five new medicines this year, including a closely watched hepatitis C treatment, but has halted development of an experimental anemia medicine...