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GlaxoSmithKline to cease providing corporate political contributions |
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 |
GlaxoSmithKline has announced a new global policy to voluntarily stop all corporate political contributions. In the past, GSK - in common with many companies and in full compliance with local laws - has made a number of corporate contributions in countries such as the US and Canada. GSK's new policy will ensure that no such contributions will be made in the future. |
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AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Announce Expansion of Worldwide Collaboration |
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 |
AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb have announced expansion of their worldwide collaboration to include the development and commercialisation of dapagliflozin in Japan. Dapagliflozin, one of two investigational drugs under joint development by the companies, is currently being studied in Phase III clinical trials in several countries, including the U.S., to assess its efficacy and safety as a once-daily treatment for type 2 diabetes. |
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Children in the world's poorest countries to get free insulin |
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 |
Novo Nordisk has announced that it will provide diabetes care, including free insulin, to 10,000 children in some of the world's poorest countries. The five-year programme, called 'Changing the Future for Children with Diabetes', will begin in 2009 with an initial roll-out in Uganda, Tanzania, Guinea-Conakry and the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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AstraZeneca Settles US Pulmicort Respules Patent Litigation with Teva |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
AstraZeneca has entered into a settlement agreement in its Pulmicort Respules patent infringement litigation against Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. The agreement settles the patent infringement litigation filed by AstraZeneca following Teva's submission to the United States Food & Drug Administration of an Abbreviated New Drug Application for a generic version of Pulmicort Respules. |
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GSK and Neptunus form joint venture for the co-development of flu vaccines |
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed an exclusive Cooperation Agreement with Shenzhen Neptunus Interlong Bio-Technique Co. Ltd. (NIBT) as a preliminary step in forming a Joint Venture (JV) between the two companies. The agreement outlines the proposed terms for establishing a JV company, which will seek to co-develop seasonal influenza vaccines and pre-pandemic/pandemic influenza vaccines, firstly targeting against strains of the virus specific to China, Hong Kong and Macau. |
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AstraZeneca granted Temporary Restraining Order in PULMICORT RESPULES patent litigation |
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
On 19 November 2008, AstraZeneca was granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, halting sales of Teva's budesonide inhalation suspension product, a generic version of AstraZeneca's PULMICORT RESPULES treatment. |
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Pfizer and UCB Announce Formation of New Company Cyclofluidic to Accelerate Drug Discovery Process |
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
Pfizer Ltd (NYSE:PFE) (LSE:PFZ) and UCB have announced the formation of Cyclofluidic, a breakthrough technology company established with the aim of significantly accelerating the drug discovery process by allowing researchers to test a greater range of potential new medicines in a shorter time. |
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Pfizer Reaches Agreements in Principle to Resolve Litigation Involving Its NSAID Pain Medications |
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
Pfizer Inc announced today that it has reached agreements in principle to resolve substantially all of the personal injury cases, consumer fraud cases and state attorneys general claims involving its non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) pain medication Bextra, which Pfizer voluntarily withdrew from the U.S. market in 2005. |
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European Journalists' Prize 2008 announced by Bayer HealthCare |
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 |
Scrupulously researched articles dealing with a topic from the worlds of medicine or health care - articles written in a critical, comprehensible, yet objective manner - have an excellent
chance of winning the 2008 European Journalists' Prize. The award, which is sponsored by Bayer HealthCare AG, Leverkusen/Germany, is endowed with EUR 7,500. |
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Genzyme Recognized by Scientists as a Top Employer |
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) has announced that scientists have again named the company a top employer in a survey ranking the reputations of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. This year Genzyme moved up in the ranking to third on the global list of nearly 500 companies, the highest ranking it has ever earned. |
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