Pharmaceutical industry – Page 31
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Business
Judge voids Merck & Co’s $200m patent claim
‘Serious misconduct’ kills case over Gilead’s hepatitis C drugs
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Business
Adventures of an accidental entrepreneur
India needs to break out of its colonial mindset and tap into its innovative potential, says Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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Business
Merck & Co to buy Afferent for neurology drugs
Deal worth up to $1.25bn includes drug candidate for chronic coughs
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Research
Connections in flow
MIT’s Klavs Jensen tells us how his research ranges in size from a chip, to a fridge to a shipping container
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Business
Jazz Pharma buy out Celator in $1.5bn deal
Deal centres on promising leukaemia drug fast-tracked by the US Food and Drug Administration
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Business
India hit hard by US regulatory sanctions
Data integrity issues have led to punitive measures, but companies are taking measures to improve
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Business
Mylan expands in dermatology
$1bn deal with Renaissance Acquisition Holdings brings 25 products and builds on Meda merger portfolio
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Business
Pfizer to buy Anacor for eczema ointment
$5.2bn deal will bolster pharma giant’s inflammation and immunology drugs portfolio
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Business
Daiichi Sankyo awarded damages from former Ranbaxy owners
Arbitration says Singh family withheld information about regulatory investigations during Ranbaxy takeover
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Business
Abbot boosts heart devices with St Jude buyout
Medical devices consolidation continues with $25bn deal, but Abbott expresses concerns over proposed Alere merger
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Business
Cancer deals spread
AbbVie nabs antibody specialist Stemcentrx, while Sanofi pursues Medivation
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Business
FDA moves to withdraw swine drug carbadox
Carcinogenic antibiotic has been banned in EU, Canada and Australia for years
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Business
US treasury rules scupper Pfizer–Allergan merger
Government aims to crack down on corporate tax avoidance through ‘inversion’ deals
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Opinion
Throwing things over the fence
Saying ‘That’s someone else’s problem’ is asking for trouble, says Derek Lowe
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Business
Indian whistleblower pushes for regulatory reform
Although denied a hearing by India’s supreme court, Dinesh Thakur wants to shake up pharmaceutical safety laws
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Business
Roche sketches out Blueprint collaboration
Drug discovery startup will contribute to cancer immunotherapy projects aimed at kinase enzymes
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Business
India bans 344 combination drugs
Manufacturers appeal to courts to allow continued sales of products the government deems risky
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Opinion
Drugs don’t grow on trees
The trope of companies profiteering from academic discoveries doesn’t bear much scrutiny, says Derek Lowe