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Blow to Ark Therapeutics

15 hours 5 min ago
Ark Therapeutics was among the biggest small-cap fallers yesterday. Its shares dropped 11.1 per cent to 11½p after the biotechnology company said it had...

Sanofi joins Merck in animal health venture

15 hours 5 min ago
Sanofi-Aventis of France yesterday paid $1bn to Merck of the US as part of a deal to establish a joint venture which will be the world's largest animal health...

Insurers plan ads blitz on health reform

15 hours 5 min ago
The US Chamber of Commerce and the insurance industry are to mount a final offensive in their fight against healthcare reform with a multi-million dollar advertising...

Sanofi joins Merck in animal health venture

17 hours 31 min ago
The pharmaceutical group has agreed a deal to establish a joint venture with Merck which will be the world's largest animal health business

Bupa's Asia growth mitigates UK, US slowness

March 9, 2010 - 4:56pm
Strong growth in customer numbers in Asia and the acquisition of MBF, the Australian insurer, helps mitigate sluggish performance of the medical insurance group in the US and UK

Sanofi and Merck to combine animal divisions

March 9, 2010 - 11:58am
French and US pharmaceutical groups agree to join their animal health operations, creating a joint venture with nearly $5.3bn in annual sales

Regulator finds ethics breach by AstraZeneca

March 9, 2010 - 2:00am
AstraZeneca failed to reflect accurately the side-effects of its top-selling anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel, in an advertisement to doctors, a UK regulatory panel has...

Intertek buoyed by increase in product testing

March 9, 2010 - 2:00am
Ongoing product recalls, such as those by Toyota of more than 8m cars, are likely to spur companies to outsource further testing to third parties, the chief executive...

AstraZeneca job cuts reflect new landscape for drug innovation

March 9, 2010 - 2:00am
When AstraZeneca revealed details last week of 3,500 job cuts across its global research and development operations, it was not just the company's own employees who...

Healthcare insurers forced to drop deal

March 9, 2010 - 2:00am
The Obama administration dealt another blow to the insurance industry yesterday after it forced two Michigan companies to abandon plans for a deal because of antitrust...

Regulator finds ethics breach by AstraZeneca

March 8, 2010 - 10:10pm
A UK regulatory panel says the pharmaceutical group failed to accurately reflect the side effects of its top-selling antipsychotic drug Seroquel in an advertisement to doctors

AstraZeneca job cuts reflect new landscape

March 8, 2010 - 6:57pm
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group's move is latest in series of shake-ups that will have a key impact on the volume of medical innovation

Scottish start-up in £70m Sinopharm deal

March 8, 2010 - 1:18am
Under the partnership agreement, the Chinese pharmaceutical distributor will undertake the regulatory compliance process in Beijing for Burdica Biomed's range of personal lubricants

3i buys majority stake in health chain

March 5, 2010 - 11:12pm
The UK's oldest private equity firm feels it has recovered sufficiently from the financial crisis to return to the dealmaking fray

Drug groups cautious on health changes

March 5, 2010 - 2:00am
The pharmaceutical industry, which for months has been a crucial ally in the drive by Barack Obama, president, for US healthcare reform, is now taking a "wait-and-see"...

Public sector strike hits Portugal

March 5, 2010 - 2:00am
Hospitals, schools and transport were severely disrupted in Portugal yesterday as public sector workers staged a 24-hour strike against a wage freeze and other...

New Silk Route smoothes the passage back into India

March 5, 2010 - 2:00am
In a little-noticed deal that was sealed last week, New Silk Route, a New York-based growth capital firm, paid about $50m for a nearly 30 per cent interest in an...

Care UK goes private via Bridgepoint

March 4, 2010 - 2:15am
The all-cash offer of 450p a share from private equity group Bridgepoint represents a premium and values the provider of nursing and elderly home care at £423m

Tiger sponsor stays true

March 4, 2010 - 2:00am
Nike would continue its sponsorship of Tiger Woods because it was wedded to working with the best athletes to sell its products, brand president Charlie Denson told...

Omega board is fighting a losing battle with Invesco

March 4, 2010 - 2:00am
Except on the principle that if you look after the pennies, the (billions) of pounds will look after themselves, it is hard to see why Neil Woodford should be...