Pharmaceutical industry – Page 55
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Nasonex patent ruling goes against Merck & Co
The court ruled that the Merck patent was valid - but Apotex won’t infringe it with its product
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Lundbeck to lose 600 jobs
Danish drug maker Lundbeck has said it will cut 600 jobs as it reorganises its European operations
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Good signs for Merck & Co insomnia pill
Suvorexant switches off wakefulness to help patients drop off quicker and stay asleep longer
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More testing needed for ridaforolimus
Marketing approval for anti-cancer drug ridaforolimus has been held up in the US
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Three pronged approach puts brakes on US breast cancer
US approval for anti-HER2 therapy Perjeta (pertuzumab) against breast cancer
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Pfizer to spin off animal health business
New company Zoetis should start independent trading by July 2013
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News€224 million EU antibiotics initiative launched
The project will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academia, but some institutes have reservations
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Takeda buys into Brazil for 540m reals
Multilab makes generics and over-the-counter branded products
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BusinessHDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another ‘good’ cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
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BusinessDrug watchdogs mark out global territory
US and European regulatory agencies are leading worldwide collaborations to ensure drugs from outside their borders are safe
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Pharma firms see mixed fortunes in Quebec
Canada’s pharmaceutical and life sciences hub hit by cutbacks as effects of global slowdown continue to be felt
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Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial Synriam
India is still waiting for its first fully home grown drug as firm commercialises molecule discovered by charitable venture
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BusinessAstraZeneca seeks to refill dry pipeline with gout drug
UK pharma giant splashes out $1.26 billion on US gout specialist Ardea Biosciences
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Seroquel patent row continues
The legal tug of war over the right to sell generic versions of Seroquel (quetiapine) tablets continues
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US approves new anaemia drug
US authorities have approved Omontys (peginesatide) injections for treating anaemia in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease
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PCSK9 inhibitors against cholesterol problems perform well
Sanofi has reported Phase II data for a new drug candidate for lowering cholesterol levels in patients already taking statins
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$500m for Ista
US eye drug company Bausch & Lomb has signed a cash deal to buy US drugmaker Ista Pharmaceuticals for $9.10 per share, equivalent to $500 million
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Court throws out patent covering drug dosing
The US Supreme Court has said that medical tests that rely on correlations between drug doses and treatment cannot be patented