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Indian govt set to ban 1,200 fixed-dose combination drugs, reports

March 18, 2016
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Abbott Laboratories, Pfizer, cough drug, pharma

Indian regulators are set to ban an additional 1,200 fixed-dose combinations, sent for probe by Drug Controller General of India …

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FDA approves Breckenridge’s generic of Pfizer’s anti-epilepsy drug

March 18, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Neurontin, Pfizer, anti-epilepsy, approval, breckenridge, gabapentin, tris pharma

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc. has announced that their generic of Pfizer’s anti-epilepsy drug Neurontin (gabapentin) has been approved by the US …

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Teva says closing buy of Allergan’s generics biz may take longer

March 16, 2016
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, M&A, MA, Pfizer, Teva

Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries (NYSE: TEVA) said its $40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan’s generics business will take longer than expected, …

UPDATE: Pfizer gets interim stay on cough syrup ban

March 15, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Abbott Laboratories, Corex, Pfizer, Pfizer India

Shares in Pfizer India continued to tumble for a second day even as an Indian court granted the company a …

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FDA approves Pfizer sNDA for Xalkori

March 14, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, EMA, NSCLC, Pfizer, Xalkori (crizotinib)

The US FDA has approved Pfizer’s supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for its kinase inhibitor Xalkori in treating patients with …

MSF challenges Pfizer’s pneumonia vaccine patent in India

March 11, 2016
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, Prevnar 13, pneumonia vaccine

The charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has formally opposed Pfizer’s bid to obtain a patent for the pneumonia vaccine PCV13, …

FDA grants approval for first generic version of Viagra

March 10, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Pfizer, Teva, erectile dysfunction, generic, viagra

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to the first generic version of Pfizer’s blockbuster erectile dysfunction …

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Pfizer enters $5 billion share buyback deal with Goldman Sachs

March 9, 2016
Business Services, Research and Development Pfizer, Share buyback, Stock, markets

US drug major Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) on Wednesday said it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement with Goldman, …

Late-stage Pfizer drug study shows significant reduction in haemophilia B bleeding

March 9, 2016
Research and Development BeneFIX, Pfizer, haemophilia B

Pfizer on Wednesday said late-stage trials for its drug candidate to treat haemophilia B showed prophylactic use resulted in significant reduction …

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Delivering successful new drugs

March 1, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, patents, pharma

Pharma companies are struggling with challenges specific to their industry. Patents for many drugs, that had created massive amounts of …

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ViiV completes BMS HIV pipeline purchase

February 23, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development Bristol-Myers Squibb, GSK, HIV, Pfizer, Shionogi, ViiV

ViiV Healthcare has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s late-stage HIV R&D assets and its portfolio of preclinical and …

Pfizer pays $784m to settle Protonix overcharge claims

February 17, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Medicaid, Pfizer, Wyeth, protonix

US drugs giant Pfizer is to pay more than $784 million to settle claims that it overcharged health insurer Medicaid …

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Biosimilars: Can the US catch up in 2016?

February 12, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Enbrel, FDA, Neulasta, Novartis, Pfizer, Sandoz, Zarxio, biosimilars

What are biosimilars? Biosimilars are essentially the biological equivalent of generic drugs to their branded small-molecule counterparts (what Ibuprofen is …

FDA advisory committee recommends approval of Remicade biosimilar

February 10, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Pfizer, Remicade, biosimilar, celltrion

An FDA advisory panel yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of approving CT-P13- Celltrion’s biosimilar version of Johnson&Johnson’s blockbuster arthritis drug …

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New breast cancer initiative brings together pharma and Europe’s top researchers

February 9, 2016
Medical Communications, Research and Development Pfizer, breast cancer

The UK charity Breast Cancer Now (BCN) has announced a new initiative seeking to bring together Europe’s top researchers and …

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