Chemical industry – Page 109
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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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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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Half of sun products have BASF UV filters
German chemical giant BASF says that 50% of all ‘sun care’ products sold today contain its organic UV-A filters
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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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Dow partners with Oz university
Dow is to partner with the University of Queensland in Australia
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Business roundup: April 2012
Pharmaceutical A pill to keep you off the pints? Source: © IStockphoto Beer today, gone tomorrow - Selincro tablets might help patients put their alcohol problems behind them Phase III trials of Selincro (nalmefene) tablets show that it outperforms placebo treatment when used to help patients with ...
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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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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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Light materials from Bayer
Bayer has launched a lightweight material designed to replace steel in railway locomotive and carriage construction
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AbbVie emerges from Abbott split
US healthcare giant Abbott has renamed the branded drugs part of its business
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EPA proposes new rules for five chemicals
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules that would force companies to report any new use
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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
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GSK to build £350m factory in UK
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced £350 million plans to build its first new UK production plant for almost 40 years in Ulverston, Cumbria
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GSK to build £350 million factory in UK
Tax breaks in the UK budget have prompted GSK to reaffirm its commitment
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India green lights production of patented cancer drug
For the first time India has invoked a ‘compulsory licence’ clause to cut the cost of a patented anti-cancer drug
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Children's lungs are more susceptible to nanoparticles
Infant lungs are particularly prone to nanoparticle deposition, be it from pollution or inhaled medicines
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Irish government plans to pick winners in research
Science funding will be targeted to areas that will deliver the biggest return on investment
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To ECHA his own
The EU’s Reach regulation involves a huge data gathering operation - Kaihsu Tai is working right at its heart
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BusinessMapping the reactivity of single nanocatalysts
The catalytic behaviour of gold nanorods varies across their surface in unexpected ways