Business news – Page 52
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OpinionHow much is your chief executive worth?
The executive pay and equality debate is here to stay
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BusinessLilly buys CoLucid for migraine drugs
US firm also laying off 485 sales staff after Alzheimer’s drug failure
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BusinessMerck & Co settles cancer antibody patent dispute
US firm will pay Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ono $625m plus royalties on future sales of immunotherapy
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BusinessTeva hit with fines and patent loss
Double whammy as firm settles subsidiary pay-for-delay suit and courts invalidate patents on multiple sclerosis drug
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BusinessJ&J to buy Actelion for $30bn
Actelion’s R&D will spin out as a new company, while Janssen will take on in-market and late-stage medicines
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BusinessBiogen pays $1.25bn to protect multiple sclerosis drug sales
Agreement with Forward Pharma gives Biogen license to keep selling blockbuster Tecfidera
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OpinionDrug regulation is a burden worth bearing
Calls to break down regulatory barriers show a misunderstanding of the industry
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PodcastAdamantane
Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn’t as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines
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NewsTrump’s health secretary faces conflict of interest allegations
Tom Price accused of abusing his office to favour companies in which he invested
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Business
Novartis on winter deal spree
Swiss company aims to re-stock drug pipeline with three new deals in skin, eye and cardiovascular health
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BusinessOpening doors to innovation
Chemical companies are increasingly using specialist investment arms to nurture new ideas
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ResearchDrug binding simulations promise to get personal
Fast, reliable new molecular dynamic simulation methods set to speed up research are under investigation by GSK
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BusinessUS Supreme Court denies Dow tax appeal
Request to reconsider $1bn tax deduction dismissed and penalties upheld
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NewsVolkswagen hit by another $4.3bn in penalties
Emissions cheating scandal has led to the arrest of six senior employees at the company, just as Fiat comes under fire
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BusinessCholesterol drug withdrawn in patent dispute
Ruling that Regeneron’s Praluent antibody infringes Amgen’s Repatha patent could stifle innovation
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BusinessIpsen to buy Merrimack’s cancer drugs
$1bn deal covers two liposome-encapsulated formulations of approved therapies
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BusinessTaming vaccines with chemistry
Vaxxilon aims to simplify vaccine development by replacing biological components with well-defined synthetic molecules
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BusinessTakeda to buy cancer specialist Ariad
Japan’s largest drug company agrees $5.2bn deal to expand oncology portfolio and boost pipeline
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BusinessMosaic to buy Vale Fertilizantes in $2.5bn deal
Fertiliser deal continues consolidation trend and expands Mosaic’s presence in Brazil
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BusinessLinde–Praxair merger further consolidates industrial gases
Deal will leave just three firms controlling 85% of the global market