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Pfizer approached GSK for takeover before Allergan
November 4, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, GSK, Pfizer, financial results, product pipeline
Pfizer had a takeover approach rejected by fellow pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, before turning its attentions to Allergan, it has emerged. …
GSK and Merck to study immunotherapy combo in solid tumours
November 3, 2015Research and Development GSK, Merck, immunooncology, immunotherapy, keytruda, phase I
GSK and Merck will start a Phase I clinical trial in humans to evaluate GSK’s investigational cancer drugs with the …
GSK’s Volibris gets pulmonary arterial hypertension approval in Europe
October 26, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, GSK
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion …
How can pharma succeed in emerging markets?
October 10, 2015Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer
In recent years, the major pharma companies have been forced to react to the maturation and cost-cutting, plus regulatory pressures, …
Pfizer completes $130 million purchase of two GSK vaccines
October 5, 2015Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, meningitis
Pfizer has announced that it has completed the $130 million acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline’s quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY vaccines Nimenrix and Mencevax. …
Vision for hi-tech manufacturing in the Scottish highlands
September 22, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GSK, Scotland, manufacturing
Scottish life and chemical science firms claim Scotland is an ideal European base for UK and global manufacturers. A new …
Pfizer and GSK in antidepressant safety probes
September 22, 2015Manufacturing and Production GSK, Paxil, Pfizer, Zoloft, antidepressants, drug safety, paroxetine, sertraline
Two top-selling antidepressants have had their safety records challenges, after the FDA asked Pfizer to change the labelling of its …
GSK recalls 427,000 antibiotics after contamination scare
September 15, 2015Manufacturing and Production Bactroban, FDA, GSK, manufacturing, product recalls, production, recalls
GlaxoSmithKline has had to recall more than 427,000 tubes of creams and ointments due to potential penicillin cross-contamination and the …
GSK suffers Breo late-stage trial blow
September 9, 2015Research and Development COPD, GSK, Revlar, asthma, breo, clinical trial, phase III
GSK has hit a setback in its plans to expand sales of its blockbuster asthma treatment Breo, after a major …
Sun Pharma strengthens opiates business
September 8, 2015Manufacturing and Production Australia, GSK, Sun Pharma, manufacturing and production, opiates
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has strengthened its global opiates manufacturing business with the acquisition of two Australian manufacturing facilities from GlaxoSmithKline. …
GSK closes Legionella-hit US site
August 14, 2015Manufacturing and Production GSK, Legionnaire's disease, legionella, manufacturing, production
GSK has temporarily shut down its manufacturing site in North Carolina due to the discovery of the bacteria which causes …
Eleven companies accused in Romanian corruption probe
August 3, 2015Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, Daily Telegraph, GSK, Roche, Romania, bribery, corruption
GSK and Roche are among eleven pharma firms being investigated for paying bribes to doctors in Romania to prescribe drugs. …
EMA backs GSK’s malaria vaccine for use in Africa
July 24, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CHMP, Committee for Medicinal Products for Human USE, EMA, European Medicines Agency, GSK, WHO, malaria, world health organization
GSK has taken a significant step forward toward being the first company to bring a malaria vaccine to market, after …
MRC, GSK and universities team up on inflammatory diseases
July 15, 2015Research and Development COPD, GSK, MRC, Medical Research Council, fibrosis, inflammatory diseases
UK pharma giant GSK is partnering with the Medical Research Council, to study the biological mechanisms behind common inflammatory diseases. …
GSK and the Francis Crick Institute collaborate on drug R&D
July 15, 2015Research and Development Francis Crick Institute, GSK, R&D, The Crick, medical research
The UK’s largest pharma company and the UK’s newest biomedical research facility are partnering up to begin an innovation collaboration.The …
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