Business news – Page 93

Business
Does chemical regulation boost innovation?

2013-02-28T00:00:00Z

Report suggests that supply of innovation responds to extra demand created by new laws
Business
Talk of a $6.6bn deal for Elan

2013-02-27T00:00:00Z

Potential offer from Royalty Pharma comes as Elan ponders how to spend its cash from Tysabri rights
Business
$595m octreotide deal grabs Roche

2013-02-21T00:00:00Z

Company will get worldwide rights to oral formulation of growth hormone drug
Business
Merck resolves Vytorin case for $688m

2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Investors say the company knew about Enhance trial failure but withheld information
Business
BMS sells OTC drugs for $482m

2013-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bristol-Myers Squibb will offload rights to a range of over-the-counter products to Reckitt Benckiser
Business
Ozone device for food packaging

2013-02-12T00:00:00Z

Device uses plasma to create ozone inside sealed packaging
Business
Biogen buys Tysabri from Elan for $3.25bn

2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

Elan earns huge cash injection for blockbuster drug
Business
BASF drops GM potato projects

2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

Move follows transfer of R&D from Europe to US
Business
GSK commits to AllTrials data disclosure

2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

Company will begin publishing all clinical study reports
Business
Reach reviewed: no change required

2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

But disproportionate cost of compliance for small and medium size companies should be reduced, European commission says
Business
EU proposes neonicotinoid pesticide ban

2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid at centre of debate over declining bee populations
Business
Zoetis IPO launches at $2.2bn

2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pfizer spin off will be a big player among a relatively small number of public companies focusing on animal heatlh
Business
DCD in New Zealand milk

2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

Dicyandiamide poses no food risk but fertiliser companies have suspended sales
Business
Unrest over US gas exports

2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

Dow says exports will increase cost of gas and decrease price stability
Business
Sabic invests $500m in new R&D centres

2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

Four centres to be created: two in Saudi Arabia, one in India and one in China
Opinion
Name reactions: how does the label stick?

2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

Derek Lowe investigates the long running tradition of naming reactions after their inventors
Business
Allergan buys MAP for $958m

2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

Deal strengthens Allergan’s position in neurology with Levadex for treating migraine
Business
OM Group to exit cobalt business

2013-01-24T00:00:00Z

Deal worth up to $435 million includes downstream activities, in particular cobalt refining in Kokkola, Finland
Business
Vasella to leave Novartis in August

2013-01-24T00:00:00Z

Long serving chair of the board of directors will be succeeded by Jörg Reinhardt
Business
Flu vaccine without the eggs approved

2013-01-22T00:00:00Z

Flublok does not require flu virus or eggs for manufacture