Pharmaceutical industry – Page 27
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FeatureAccess to drugs: a failure of pharma?
Many people around the world are either unable to afford the drugs they need, or their conditions have not been addressed by pharma R&D. Sarah Houlton investigates
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BusinessUS supreme court limits patent rights
Biotech industry is concerned that ruling will hit small companies
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BusinessFirst biomarker-driven approval exemplifies cancer immunotherapy progress
Landmark decision is latest step in field’s impressive – but not wholly untroubled – advance
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BusinessWillow promises new medicines
Investigating tree’s metabolites throws up much more than aspirin
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OpinionDrug pricing must be more transparent
Pricing is a complex issue - how can we make it clearer?
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BusinessEuropean Commission to investigate excessive drug pricing
Inquiry covers claims that Aspen Pharma’s price rises on five cancer treatments were unjustified
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BusinessSeattle Genetics cancels Immunomedics deal
Settlement also resolves disputes with shareholders
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OpinionHow safe should drugs be?
What does spotting new risks in approved medicines say about how effective regulators are?
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BusinessPatheon buyout brings Thermo into contract manufacturing
$7.2bn deal expands Thermo Fisher’s laboratory products and services segment
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NewsLegal battles stall US biosimilars
Unclear legislation and lack of regulatory guidance means companies are turning to the courts
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BusinessJ&J fights talc cancer claims
Firm has lost several court cases linking talc to ovarian cancer, but vows to appeal
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BusinessMerck KGaA to buy Chematica
Retrosynthesis tool will gain computational muscle and integrate with Sigma–Aldrich catalogue
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BusinessIndia probes Roche over biosimilars
Mylan and Biocon claim Roche abused its market dominance to quash generic breast cancer antibodies
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BusinessBrexit raises regulatory worries
Risk of doubling legal burden for industry undermines referendum’s ‘red-tape cutting’ claims
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BusinessChina approves BMS’s hepatitis C drugs
Combination is first all-oral treatment in China, where Gilead’s Sovaldi is not yet approved
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OpinionCrystal clear
The dark craft of crystallisation is an essential skill when working on kilogram scale
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ResearchCatalyst puts chiral twist on phosphorus drugs
Simple molecule overcomes headache of phosphorus stereochemistry in antiviral drug synthesis
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BusinessFresenius to buy Akorn and Merck KGaA’s biosimilars
Deals give Fresenius entry into rapidly growing biological drugs market
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OpinionAlternate chemical realities
What would chemistry look like if key discoveries had happened differently?
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BusinessHow do chemical firms last hundreds of years?
What distinguishes companies that thrive from others that failed?