Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson explores sale of artificial sweetener brand Splenda

04 Dec 2014

Japanese drugmaker Otsuka Holdings to buy Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc for $3.5 bn

02 Dec 2014

Roche to acquire prenatal tester for risks in down syndrome Ariosa Diagnostics

02 Dec 2014

European regulator approves Medtronic-Covidien $42.9-bn deal

28 Nov 2014

Ebola virus gives birth to a new vaccine

28 Nov 2014

Over the long term, GlaxoSmithKline's new vaccine is intended to protect against all Ebola outbreaks, and the drug maker hopes to produce one million doses a month of the vaccine by the end of 2015

Dr Reddy's bulk drugs unit in Andhra gets US FDA fiat on procedural lapses

27 Nov 2014

Medtronic’s $42.9-bn Covidien deal approved by US regulator

27 Nov 2014

Medtronic Inc, the world's fourth-largest medical device maker, has received US regulatory approval to acquire Dublin-based Covidien Plc, subject to the condition that it sells its drug-coated balloon catheter business