Sentences with phrase «drug giant»

Sandoz, a unit of Swiss drug giant Novartis, says that reading of the law is wrong, and unfairly gives an additional six months of exclusive sales to the original drugmaker.

In a series of tweets this morning, U.S. drug giant Merck said that the company's computer network «was compromised today as part of [a] global hack.»

U.S. drug giant Merck is paying $ 300 million in a deal possibly worth more than $ 5 billion to partner Eisai in an effort to boost its star cancer immunotherapy treatment Keytruda, which could match up well in a combination with Eisai's Lenvima.

The Business Secretary Vince Cable says the government continues to monitor the proposed takeover of AstraZeneca by US drugs giant Pfizer, saying that it is in the «national interest» to do so.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday gave Swiss drug giant Novartis a second approval for its pioneering CAR - T cancer therapy, which uses patients» own immune cells (re-engineered outside the body and then replicated) to destroy blood cancers.

The latest head honcho will be Doug Ingram, a former exec over at drug giant Allergan.

Here's how it went: Shortly before 9 a.m. New York time (and before U.S. markets opened), generic drug giant Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) confirmed its unwelcome bid to acquire rival Mylan (MYL) for $ 40 billion.

British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline won a critical Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its landmark HIV treatment Juluca — the first HIV drug cocktail to contain just two medicines rather than three or more.

The Food and Drug Administration delivered a boon to U.S. drug giant Johnson & Johnson on Thursday, approving the company's psoriasis treatment Tremfya (a psoriasis drug that analysts say could wring in billions of dollars in annual sales).

Vancouver - based Neuromed signed an initial $ 25 - million collaboration deal with New Jersey - based drug giant Merck & Co..

In the early hours of Monday morning, French drug giant Sanofi said it would buy hemophilia drugmaker Bioverativ, a Biogen spinout that is less than a year old, for $ 11.6 billion.

French drug giant Sanofi has nabbed licensing rights to four of biotech ImmunoGen's cancer drug compounds in a $ 30 million deal.

US drugs giant Pfizer has confirmed it has contacted AstraZeneca over a possible multi-billion pound takeover.

In the latest of its growing list of biomedical partnerships, Ionis Pharmaceuticals will get $ 30 million upfront from drug giant AstraZeneca to commercialize a drug for a genetic form of kidney disease.

The firm has licensed an experimental treatment from Swiss drug giant Roche.

Beyond cancer immunotherapy, BMS also makes the bloodthinner Eliquis in collaboration with drug giant Pfizer, and treatments for hepatitis C and rheumatoid arthritis.

In April 2011, TransMolecular's tumour - targeter was snapped up by biopharmaceutical company Morphotek, a US - based subsidiary of Japanese drug giant Eisai.

Traditional drug giants have caught on to the not - so - dirty little secret that outsourcing drug research (and in - licensing) may be a more effective strategy than trying to create groundbreaking new molecules within the confines of a single lab.

But a nonprofit is making its own hepatitis C combination medication that it says is just as effective as those created by for - profit drug giants.

ASCO presents tiny biotechs and drug giants alike an opportunity to present their latest clinical trial data for both old and experimental drugs.

These kinds of mergers were a favorite among health care and pharmaceutical companies, and the Obama administration rules came about after drug giants Pfizer and Allergan attempted to reach such a deal in 2016.

Pfizer, the U.S. drug giant behind blockbuster treatments like Viagra and the pneumonia vaccine Prevnar, reported fourth quarter 2017 earnings which easily beat Wall Street analyst expectations, including a massive $ 11 billion boost from President Donald Trump's new tax cuts.

Generic drug giant Mylan is cutting its financial outlook as it continues to face pressure from falling generic drug prices (a fate that similarly struck rival Teva Pharmaceuticals).

New Jersey - based Merck (mrk) drew first blood in a key patent scuffle against fellow U.S. drug giant Gilead (gild) on Tuesday when a jury ruled that two of its hepatitis C drug patents are valid.

The actively managed fund, whose top holdings include drug giants Merck (mrk) and Allergan (agn) and insurer UnitedHealth (unh), has beaten nearly 75 % of its peers over the past 15 years.

Pfizer stock fell 4 % in early Tuesday trading while Merck stock slipped about 1 % after the two drug giants issued their quarterly earnings reports — both of which were somewhat mixed bags despite stronger - than - expected Merck (mrk) profits and a solid financial performance by Pfizer's (pfe) flagship pneumonia vaccine Prevnar.

Drug giant calls for clarity on Brexit and minimum two - year transition period to avoid disruption to medical supplies

FORTUNE — On Jan. 23, the FDA dropped a heavy hammer on the Indian generic drug giant Ranbaxy Laboratories, announcing it will restrict imports from the company's manufacturing plant in Toansa, India.

Qualcomm is working with German drug giant Boehringer Ingelheim to develop a secure, Internet - connected inhaler to make sure patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are taking their medicine properly.

On February 24th, the New York - based drug giant announced that Prevenar 13, a drug widely used to prevent infection in children, met its primary endpoint in a post-approval study consisting of 85,000 individuals aged 65 and older.

While hedge fund readers continue to monitor the story of Bill Ackman and Canadian drug giant Valeant Pharmaceuticals, there's another stock that is now in worse shape and dragging down funds in epic fashion

The move is being made following New York drug giant Bristol - Myers Squibb Co.'s initial public offering in February for Mead Johnson, its pediatric unit that became a separate company.

Prof Tilley and her team are currently working with experts from Japanese anti-cancer drug giant Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Swiss - based foundation Medicines for Malaria Venture to identify additional classes of parasite specific proteasome inhibitors that could be advanced to clinical trials.

TUESDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News)-- Bacterial contamination has been found in ingredients used to make the liquid cold and allergy products for children that were recalled Friday by drug giant McNeil Consumer Healthcare, according to a report issued late Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In October we told you about a potential new blockbuster drug for Alzheimer's from drug giant Eli Lilly.

Allen & Overy (A&O), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have snared the key advisory roles on the # 5.6 bn takeover of UK pharmacy chain Alliance Boots by US drugs giant Walgreens.

Swiss drug giant Novartis has struck a deal to acquire France's Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) for $ 3.9 billion, or a nearly 50 % premium on the company's closing share price before knowledge of the deal became public.

8VC also brought aboard as an advisor Andrew Witty, the former long - serving CEO of drug giant GlaxoSmithKline.

Drug giant Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a $ 417 million verdict in the latest trial focusing on alleged links between talc - based products like its Johnson's Baby Powder, use by many for feminine hygiene, and ovarian cancer.

Now, a major deal between Isis Pharmaceuticals and drug giant Roche promises to support the development of one kind of gene silencing drug, called ASOs, taking them through to clinical trials in patients as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Swiss drug giant Novartis is partnering with California - based Science 37 in an effort to expand clinical study participation (while lowering the costs of such studies) through «virtual» trials.

The U.S. - based drug giant's quarterly financial report fell just short of analysts» revenue expectations despite an impressive haul from new drugs like the cancer immunotherapy blockbuster Keytruda.

French drug giant Sanofi is accusing EpiPen maker Mylan of tactics meant to squelch competition from a rival epinephrine device.

U.S. drug giant Pfizer and California - based biotech Sangamo Therapeutics are partnering to develop a gene therapy to treat ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Nestle has also been offered the $ 20 billion consumer health business that U.S. drug giant Pfizer is selling, the sources said.

As for COX - 2, in late September, drug giant Merck pulled its COX - 2 inhibitor Vioxx off the market after a study found that patients on Vioxx suffered more heart attacks.

The U.S. drug giant has ponied up $ 55 million in upfront cash to KeyBioscience in order to license its type 2 diabetes treatments, which the company hopes can tackle multiple aspects of diabetes such as blood glucose levels and weight loss.

Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline's head of research and development, Patrick Vallance, is departing the company to head over to the U.K. public sector.