Topic: Pharmaceuticals Sector
BOSTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Monday it won a patent infringement case against the U.S. unit of Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, preventing Teva from launching a generic version of Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra until October 2019.Pfizer, the world's biggest ...
Top Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories on Friday reported a 25 percent drop in its second-quarter net profit, buffeted by US regulatory problems, but it still beat market forecasts.Net profit for the generic and branded pharma giant, which is controlled by Japan's ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Relatives of a man whose chemist wife is accused of poisoning him with thallium have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company where she worked and the hospital where he died.Xiaoye Wang, 39, a computer engineer also ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc reported higher second-quarter earnings, as booming sales of animal health products that company aims to divest helped offset falling sales of its core pharmaceuticals business.The world's biggest drugmaker said on Tuesday that it earned $2.61 billion, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug companies that had medicines tested by contractor Cetero Research might have to reevaluate results, U.S. regulators warned after the firm was found faking documents and manipulating samples.The Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday two 2010 inspections, an ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug companies that had medicines tested by contractor Cetero Research might have to reevaluate results, U.S. regulators warned after the firm was found faking documents and manipulating samples.The Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday two 2010 inspections, an ...
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc has no plans to run a clinical trial to confirm the reasons behind a discrepancy between the performance of its newly approved heart drug Brilinta in North America and other parts of the world.Some analysts have speculated ...
South Africa's ruling party Tuesday said it was considering setting up a state-owned pharmaceutical company to capture the flourishing drugs manufacturing market.The plan which was first mooted in 2007 at the African National Congress (ANC) national conference was revived by the party ...
Hong Kong has ordered pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to recall an antibiotic which contained chemical additives, and warned it may take legal action against the manufacturer.The health department said tests revealed the British-based firm's Augmentin antibiotic tablet contained several plasticisers, including diisodecyl phthalate ...
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said on Tuesday its second-quarter net profit rose 12 percent to $2.72 billion (1.9 billion euros), lifted by strong demand for new drugs."Our recently launched products continue to transform our portfolio, our new products grew 46 percent and ...