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AstraZeneca’s Seroquel gets closer to a green light in US

11.06.09
Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca received a boost when the US drug watchdog took the first steps to approve its $4.5 billion anti-psychotic medicine Seroquel for use by children... more

Chavez cans the sale of Coke Zero in Venezuela

11.06.09
Renowned anti-capitalist Hugo Chavez has struck at the core of US commercial imperialism and banned a Coca-Cola brand ... more

WPP health arm in China stake buy

05.06.09
Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP today bought a 60% stake in MDS, a pharmaceutical agency in China ... more

Yes men to blame for the gravy train

01.06.09
How often have supposed shareholder revolts on directors' pay turned into a damp squib? Very. Much of the blame can be laid at the door of the institutional shareholders. ... more

Long, profitable life of vaccines means it's not just the ill clamouring for them

01.06.09
A dirty-brown brick building close to Northern Line station Mill Hill East is an unlikely place to find the saviour of the pharmaceuticals industry... more

Glaxo pays £2.5bn for skin specialist

20.04.09
The UK’s biggest pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline has bought American skincare specialist Stiefel Laboratories for £2.5 billion... more

Glaxo and Pfizer join forces in HIV move

16.04.09
Britain's biggest pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline joined with Viagra maker Pfizer to form an HIV drug company that will control almost a fifth of the $13 billion (£9 billion) HIV medicine market... more

Merck pays £29bn for Schering-Plough

09.03.09
US drugs giant Merck bought rival Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion in the latest megadeal to shake up the pharma sector... more

Roche in new £30bn move on Genentech

30.01.09
Health: There was more activity in the pharmaceuticals sector as Swiss giant Roche launched a $43 billion hostile bid for Californian biotech company Genentech... more

Divi cuts on way as Pfizer grabs Wyeth

26.01.09
Health: Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugs company and maker of Viagra, today bought rival Wyeth for £50 billion... more

Market report: Worries on debt exposure send the insurers reeling

23.01.09
Renewed fears about the financial sector hammered leading insurance groups, with investors increasingly worried about the insurance world's exposure to corporate debt, especially bank bonds. ... more

Glaxo seals drugs deal and Pfizer eyes merger

23.01.09
Health: There was a frenzy of activity in the pharmaceuticals sector with GlaxoSmithKline and Viagra maker Pfizer both involved in multi-million pound deals... more

UK biotech group calls for big pharmaceutical tax breaks

22.01.09
The government should offer tax incentives for the pharmaceutical industry to invest in biotechnology, a report produced under the umbrella of the UK's BioIndustry Association said... more

Viagra makers cut 240 jobs

14.01.09
Consumer: Viagra maker Pfizer cut up to 240 jobs at its plant in Sandwich, Kent as it tries to focus its business on 10 disease areas... more

Jobs toll at 13,000 as Barclays, Jaguar, Freemans cut back

14.01.09
Credit crunch: The Freemans and Grattan catalogues, Barclays and Jaguar Land Rover all said thousands of jobs will be axed, bringing the total this week up to nearly 13,000... more

Ireland’s Elan joins drug merger frenzy

13.01.09
Health: Merger talks in the pharmaceuticals industry are continuing at a frenzied pace... more

As patents run out, drug firms need to find a new Viagra

08.01.09
Analysis: The head of Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, this week set the pharmaceutical industry alight with talk of a megadeal when he revealed a shopping list of rivals in his sights... more

Don't leave an Egg sale off the Citi cuts menu

19.11.08
While the headlines about Citigroup's latest round of bloodletting say 52,000 jobs are being axed, the US bank won't make even half that number redundant... more

Phoenix is fantastic when torn between two lovers

21.10.08
We want to connect with the characters in Two Lovers, but increasingly contrived plotting keeps us at arm's length.... more

Health

08.10.08
It’s an issue that can cloud the cheering fact that London is home to some of the most brilliant health care specialists in the world, leaders in their fields. ... more

Astra, Pfizer get statins all-clear

30.09.08
Health: Drug giants AstraZeneca and Pfizer have received a boost for their cholesterol-lowering medicines after a US report said they do not increase the risk of the neurological disorder known as Lou Gehrig's disease... more

Anti-obesity jab that will stop you feeling hungry

08.09.08
An injection that cures obesity could be available within five years, leading scientists claimed... more

Heat on as Bud suitor InBev seeks to fire board

07.07.08
Stella Artois brewer turned genuinely hostile in its $46.3 billion (£23 billion) takeover bid for Anheuser-Busch... more

'Quit smoking' blow for Pfizer

22.05.08
Pilots and air traffic controllers in the US have been banned from taking Pfizer's stop-smoking pill Chantix on fears about side-effects... more

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