Keyword: Health

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Takeda Gets US Funding for Zika Vaccine

05.09.2016 - Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical has secured funding from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, BARDA, part of the US Department of Health and...

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French Deny Hiding Sanofi Drug Birth Defects

11.08.2016 - Health authorities in France denying keeping the lid on a study said to show that the anti-convulsive drug Depakine, produced by drugmaker Sanofi and used to treat epilepsy, caused...

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M&A Process Said to Drive Drug Costs

08.08.2016 - The wave of mega mergers in the global pharmaceutical industry is driving prices for new “wonder drugs” financed with public funding, a study by the UK’s Cambridge University...

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Bayer May Consider Selling Animal Health

14.04.2016 - Bayer is still committed to expanding its animal health business, but would consider selling it if suitable takeover targets remain elusive, newly named CEO Werner Baumann has told...

Markets & Companies

Supplier-Customer Relationship

05.04.2016 - Chemical companies both large and small are more comfortable today than ever before with outsourced contract manufacturing, or tolling, as it’s commonly called. For many tolling is...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Reinventing Sustainable Value Creation

06.05.2015 - In the last several years, we have witnessed global trends that are changing the way global chemical companies operate. These trends include a consolidation of suppliers...

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Residues of Glyphosate Found in Food and Body Fluids

17.04.2015 - Private labs in the US are said to have found significant residues of the glyphosate weed-killer, marketed by agrochemicals giant Monsanto as Roundup, in samples of honey, soy...

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BASF Adds Medical Grade Plastics Team in Japan

17.04.2015 - Adapting its medical marketing strategy to the needs of an aging population, BASF'S Japanese subsidiary has added a Health & Medical industry team. The new cross-divisional team to...