Pharmaceuticals
Nestle to buy Canadian vitamin maker Atrium for $2.3 bn
07 Dec 2017
Swiss food and drink giant Nestle SA yesterday struck a deal to buy Canadian privately-held vitamin maker Atrium Innovations for $2.3 billion in order to expand its consumer healthcare portfolio
WHO to review Sanofi’s dengue vaccine Dengvaxia over safety concerns
05 Dec 2017
The review comes after the French pharma giant’s own admission that its dengue vaccine could have unintended consequences in patients who had never been infected with the mosquito-borne virus and the Philippines halted its use
Nestle, Bain Capital, Cinven in race for Merck KgaA’s consumer health unit
02 Dec 2017
Swiss food giant Nestle and private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven – owners of German drug firm Stada — are in the race to buy Merck KgaA’s consumer health unit
Koch brothers support Meredith bid for Time
16 Nov 2017
Low dose, constant drip: Pharmaceutical and personal care pollution impacts aquatic life
15 Nov 2017
Torrent to acquire Unichem’s business in India for Rs3,600 crore
04 Nov 2017
Unichem’s India business comprises a portfolio of more than 120 brands in India and Nepal, manufacturing plant at Sikkim and more than 3,000 employees
Major US lawsuit accuses generic drug makers of price-fixing
02 Nov 2017
While news of the lawsuit hurt the shares of companies that are traded in the US, the Indian shares of companies named in the suit were in fact trading higher in an otherwise subdued market
Novartis buys out cancer specialist AAA in $3.9 bn deal
01 Nov 2017
The move would give Novartis a platform in radiopharmaceuticals and access to a new therapy for the kind of cancer that killed Apple founder Steve Jobs
Amazon eyeing pharmacy business: reports
30 Oct 2017
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