Pharmaceutical industry – Page 56
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Business
Alzheimer's drug flops in Phase III
Solanezumab from Eli Lilly missed the cognitive and functional primary endpoints of the trials
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OpinionMonopoly money
Dean Baker says it’s time to start talking seriously about the way in which pharma is funded
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OpinionProtecting patients at all costs
Suffering stagnant output, and beset by patent expiries and spiralling costs, drug discovery is in poor health. Simon Campbell prescribes a remedy
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Business
Generic Actos approved
Mylan, Ranbaxy and Teva have won US marketing approval for their generic versions of Actos diabetes tablets
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Business
Pfizer to pay $250m for Nexium
AstraZeneca has sold rights to an over the counter version of its heartburn tablets
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Business
Elan spins off drug discovery
The new company will be called Neotope Biosciences and focus on chronic degenerative diseases
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Business
DSM buys into cattle supplements
The company has struck a EUR465 million deal to acquire Tortuga
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Business
Bapineuzunab dropped
Development for the Alzheimer’s treatment stopped after clinical tests
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BusinessIrish pharma exports tumble
Seven of the top 10 drugs going off patent between 2011 and 2014 are produced in Ireland
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Business
New cystic fibrosis drug in EU
Ivacaftor works by helping defective proteins function more normally
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Business
Drugs top EU counterfeit imports
In 2011, medicines topped the list of fake products entering the EU
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Business
GSK secures $3.6bn HGS deal
GlaxoSmithKline is set to buy Human Genome Sciences for $3.6 billion
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BusinessObesity drug approved in US
Qsymia from Vivus joins Belviq in a lucrative part of the pharma industry
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Business
First HIV drug approved as prevention
Truvada tablets can reduce the risk of infection for an HIV-negative person
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Business
Drug spending to hit $1.2tn in 2016
Growth is expected to bottom out at 3–4% for 2012 and then rise to 5–7% for 2016
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Business
GSK drug shines in HIV trial
HIV–Aids drug candidate dolutegravir outperformed Atripla tablets in Phase III
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News
China targets patented drugs with law change
Domestic drug companies can apply for licences to produce patented drugs when public health overrides intellectual property considerations
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BusinessInterview: EMA head Guido Rasi
Guido Rasi, head of the European Medicines Agency, wants to see greater transparency in drug development
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Business
Is Sanofi cutting jobs in France?
News outlets are reporting plans to cut 1000-2000 employees in France
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Business
BMS and AstraZeneca buy Amylin for $7bn
Two pharma giants have teamed up to buy US biotech Amylin, responsible for the Byetta and Bydureon anti-diabetes brands