World news about “pharmaceutical companies”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Merck and Schering-Plough begin joint operationsUS pharmaceuticals giants Merck and Schering Plough have begun their first day of combined operations following the… 04/11/2009 - tags: pharmaceutical companies, USA
Swine flu gives Sanofi a shot in the armFrench drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis has swine flu to thank for an improved outlook for 2009. The group said it expected… 30/10/2009 - tag: pharmaceutical companies
Bayer’s operating earnings beat forecastsGermany’s largest drugmaker Bayer has beaten forecasts with their operating earnings. Profits were helped by a… 27/10/2009 - tags: Germany, pharmaceutical companies
Pfizer completes Wyeth takeoverPfizer has completed its takeover of rival Wyeth making the world’s largest drugmaker even bigger. US and… 16/10/2009 - tags: Drugs, pharmaceutical companies
Tamiflu boosts Roche’s salesSwiss pharmaceutical company Roche enjoyed an almost 10 percent rise in third-quarter sales thanks to better than… 15/10/2009 - tags: Switzerland, pharmaceutical companies
Belgium’s Solvay sells drugs divisionBelgium pharmaceutical, chemicals and plastics giant Solvay has announced it is to sell its drugs arm to US partner… 28/09/2009 - tags: Belgium, Health, pharmaceutical companies
Drugmaker Pfizer slapped with record fine for fraudThe world’s biggest drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to pay a record fine of over 1.6 billion euros in one of the… 03/09/2009 - tags: pharmaceutical companies, USA, Justice
Novartis raises sales forecastEncouraging news from drugmaker Novartis which has raised its forecast for sales this year, betting on income from… 16/07/2009 - tags: Switzerland, pharmaceutical companies
Drug firms warned over genericsAn investigation into pharmaceutical companies conducted by the European Commission has followed up a preliminary… 08/07/2009 - tags: Drugs, Health, pharmaceutical companies
Genentech accepts Roche offerSwiss drugmaker Roche has reached a deal with Genentech to acquire all of the shares in the US biotech group that it… 12/03/2009 - tags: Switzerland, pharmaceutical companies
Merck to merge with Schering-PloughUS drug maker Merck is to buy Schering-Plough in the second huge takeover in the sector in weeks following Pfizer’s… 09/03/2009 - tag: pharmaceutical companies
