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Astra faces 6000 side-effects claims over mind drug

19.11.09
AstraZeneca could face as many as 6000 lawsuits after a judge in America ruled that claims against its psychiatric treatment Seroquel should be put on trial separately... more

Why are we getting so stressed?

18.11.09
It's reaching epidemic proportions in London and is the number one reason for absence from work. Sophie Goodchild looks at why we are getting so stressed... more

Metals add lustre to miners as dollar is in the doldrums

09.11.09
The price of gold traded at a record high of $1108.00 an ounce on world markets today in response to a weaker dollar ... more

Gold adds sparkle to miners as dollar’s in the doldrums

09.11.09
The price of gold traded at a new record high of $1,107.12 an ounce on world markets today, in response to a weaker dollar ... more

Flu drug firms Glaxo and AstraZeneca under fire in US for ‘price fixing’

04.11.09
GlaxoSmithKline and fellow British drugmaker AstraZeneca were today accused of price-fixing on their seasonal flu vaccines (SFV) by one of the US's top prosecutors ... more

Lloyds' shares leap as it looks to avoid toxic debt scheme

30.10.09
"Far from cheap, but no longer expensive." That was the view of Credit Suisse on Lloyds Banking Group... more

AstraZeneca cashes in on swine-flu vaccine

29.10.09
Pharma-giant AstraZeneca today jumped on the swine flu bonanza bandwagon, with H1N1 vaccine sales helping it raise annual profit forecasts ... more

AstraZeneca shares get a boost from some heavyweight backing

01.09.09
Drugs giant AstraZeneca was showing the rest of the top 100 companies a clean pair of heels, spurred on by recommendations from two of the City’s biggest players... more

London shares go bowling along as global worries ease

20.08.09
Some of the confidence being shown by stock-market investors rubbed off on the England cricket team in the fifth and final Test at the Brit Oval... more

Watchdog delays UK debut of Astra swine flu treatment

30.07.09
Britons will have to wait for a pioneering line of defence against swine flu according to AstraZeneca, which admitted its H1N1 vaccine has been hit by delays ... more

Drug research leaves Astra with a headache

13.07.09
British drug giant AstraZeneca was today suffering the ill effects of medical research that criticised Seroquel, a schizophrenia medicine that is the pharma firm's second best-selling product ... more

Heritage Oil on a rocky ride in fundraising to buy Genel

15.06.09
Shares of Heritage Oil hit a low for the day of 510p before rebounding with a rise of 26½p to 532p after announcing plans to raise up to £137 million to help finance the proposed acquisition of Genel Energy International... more

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

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

AstraZeneca setback as US limits use of big-selling drug

09.04.09
AstraZeneca has been told by the US Food and Drug Administration that its second biggest-selling drug should not be used as a major treatment for depression... more

Astra suffers asthma drug setback in US

06.04.09
Britain's second-largest drugs firm, AstraZeneca, was hit by delays in its bid to boost sales of its asthma drug Symbicort in the US... more

Headache for drug giants as US cuts medical spend

27.02.09
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Obama drug price plans spook European pharma investors

27.02.09
pharmaceuticals: European drug stocks tumbled after Barack Obama targeted high drug prices in his 2010 budget, underlining the importance of U.S. sales to companies based in Basel, London and Paris... more

AstraZeneca shedding 6000 jobs

29.01.09
Health: Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is axeing 6000 jobs worldwide after the company forecast no sales growth in 2009... more

Xstrata leads the way amid talk of a cash-calls torrent

29.01.09
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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

Housebuilders fall 85% to be worst sector of year

31.12.08
Markets: Housebuilding shares closed down 85% on the year, making it the worst 12 months in the sector's history... more

Market report: Debt-heavy 3i dives to another new low

24.12.08
Two years ago the fortunes of private-equity companies were riding high, but not any more. The credit crunch and subsequent stock market crash have made life difficult for the likes of 3i Group, which saw its shares slump to yet another new low today.... more

Bitter pill as drugs giant AstraZeneca chops workers

20.11.08
Pharmaceuticals: Drugs giant AstraZeneca is axeing 250 UK jobs as part of a plan to shed 1400 worldwide... more

Market report: Lonmin backers are left to rue missed chance

10.11.08
Shareholders of South African miner Lonmin were today again contemplating what might have been had they agreed to the offer from Xstrata earlier this year.... more

Footsie boost as the hot money favours miners

14.08.08
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Astra in court win over patent

02.07.08
Drugs giant AstraZeneca has won the latest round in a US court battle over the patent for its blockbuster schizophrenia drug Seroquel... more

D-day for Astra on blockbuster

23.06.08
Drug firm AstraZeneca is due to find out today the fate of its case against generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in the fight to protect its blockbuster drug Seroquel... more

Glaxo lung drug gets a US boost

01.05.08
US health regulators say GSK's Advair medicine is safe and effective for the wider treatment of patients with the lung disease COPD... more

Astra finds new use for its blockbuster

31.03.08
Drugs giant AstraZeneca claims a breakthrough in the prevention of heart attacks... more

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