Business news – Page 93
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Gilead buys YM for $510m
Deal gives Gilead access to Janus kinase inhibitor CYT387 for the treatment of myelofibrosis
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AkzoNobel sells $1bn chunk of paints business
North American decorative paints business was responsible for 7% of total AkzoNobel sales in 2011, amounting to $1.5 billion
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Single EU patent agreed for 2014
European commission says long awaited single patent will cut cost of filing by 87%
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BP shifting ethanol focus to Brazil
Company to invest $350 million to expand production from sugarcane in Brazil
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Pfizer's lost gold
A stash of gold dust bought for $700,000 last year has gone missing from a Pfizer lab in St Louis, Missouri, US
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EU companies increasing R&D
Difficult economic climate has not diminished EU enthusiasm for R&D
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Mango and Zara sign up to 'detox' plan
Greenpeace campaign to remove hazardous chemicals from the clothing industry is garnering big name support
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Return on drug R&D dropping
The pharma industry is getting less and less return on investment in R&D but trend seems to be bottoming out
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Baxter to pay $4bn for dialysis firm
Gambro makes products for hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy
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Drug R&D costs rising
Review from UK consultancy suggests ten-fold increase in per medicine R&D costs over last 30 years
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GSK expands in India and Nigeria
Company has struck deals to increase ownership of subsidiaries
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Lignin to lead bio-based chemicals?
Report says bio-polymer could become a commercial opportunity within three years
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OpinionFull disclosure?
The pharma industry should be more open with its trial data, says Derek Lowe
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Business
Roche and the Tamiflu data
Company position on access to data for antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir) tablets could be softening
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Solvay launches €300,000 chemistry prize
To recognise science that could ‘shape tomorrow’s chemistry and help human progress’
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Schiff seals deal with Reckitt
Boards approves $1.4 billion Reckitt offer as Bayer pulls out of running
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BusinessCan the UK fund CCS?
EU is offering €1.5 billion in funding but lack of co-ordination with UK scheme threatens participation
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BusinessRecord insider trading case hits pharma
US authorities claim that hedge fund manager made illicit gains of $276 million in response to confidential clinical trial data
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Business
BASF bids €664m for omega-3 company
Pronova BioPharma makes pharmaceutical ingredients as well as nutritional supplements based in omega-3 fatty acids
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Reckitt steps into Schiff deal
Higher bid could sink Bayer’s $1.2bn attempt to buy vitamins and nutritional supplements company