Pharmaceuticals
New uses for existing antiviral drugs
25 Apr 2018
US generic drugmaker Akorn files lawsuit against Fresenius for terminating $4.75 bn deal
24 Apr 2018
Procter & Gamble to buy the consumer health business of Merck KGaA for $4.2 bn
20 Apr 2018
As part of the deal, P&G will acquire a majority stake of 51.80 per cent stake in India listed drug firm Merck Ltd for Rs 1,289.88 crore and subsequently make a mandatory tender offer to minority shareholders
Remnants of antibiotics persist in treated farm waste, research finds
14 Apr 2018
Each year, farmers in the US purchase tens of millions of pounds of antibiotics that are approved for use in cows, pigs, fowl and other livestock. When farmers repurpose the animals' manure as fertiliser or bedding, traces of the medicines leach into the environment, raising concerns that agriculture may be contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
As antibiotics fail, global consumption of antibiotics skyrockets, further driving drug resistance
28 Mar 2018
GlaxoSmithKline backs out of bidding for Pfizer’s consumer unit
23 Mar 2018
GlaxoSmithKline has pulled out of bidding for the consumer healthcare business of Pfizer, days after Reckitt Benckiser’s backed out
Delhi HC attaches Ranbaxy promoters’ assets to enforce Daiichi award
26 Feb 2018
The court issued warrants of attachment on the assets of Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh, including shares, moveable and immovable property, art as well as debts owed to Oscar Investments and RHC Holding besides asking the Singh brothers to disclose all their assets
Sun Pharma Halol unit gets 3 adverse notices from US FDA: shares rise
24 Feb 2018
Although the strictures will impact Sun Pharmaceutical’s US business, the bourses took a positive view with the company’s shares actually rising, as the number of observations has come from the earlier nine to just three
Daiichi case: thwarted in SC, Singhs may return to Singapore courts
17 Feb 2018
Brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh are “evaluating the option to challenge the ... award in Singapore courts” after the Supreme Court upheld a high court verdict that they must pay Daiichi Sankyo $546 million
LyondellBasell to acquire A Schulman in $2.25 billion deal
16 Feb 2018
The combination doubles the size of LyondellBasell's existing compounding business and establishes a platform for future growth with reach into additional high-growth markets
NPPA lowers ceiling on stent prices further
13 Feb 2018
The maximum price of bare metal stent has been fixed at Rs7,660 against Rs8,000 earlier and that of drug-eluting stents (DES) at Rs27,890 against Rs31,000 previously
Ranbaxy’s Singh bros must pay Daiichi Rs3,500 cr, rules HC
01 Feb 2018
In a petition filed at the Delhi HC, Daiichi had sought to enforce collection of Rs3,500-crore arbitration award it won at a Singapore tribunal in 2016 against Ranbaxy
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