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Drugmakers urge new antibiotics funds
2015-11-16 11:28:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
AstraZeneca and pharmaceutical bodies warn of a "terrible human cost" unless new ways of funding antibiotics are found.
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Drugmakers Pfizer, Allergan considering a combination: WSJ
2015-10-29 08:31:31| Biotech - Topix.net
REUTERS: Drugmakers Pfizer Inc and Allergan Plc are considering combining in what could be the biggest merger in the healthcare industry in already busy year, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. The process is in its early stages, and may not yield an agreement, while other details of the talks are unclear, the report said.
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Waters 2014: Global growth led by generic drugmakers in India
2015-01-28 03:53:08| Electronics - Topix.net
Sales of consumables and analytical tools grew 20% in India in 2014 due to demand from generic drugmakers, says Waters Corporation. While Waters makes instruments across a broad range of industries, demand from the pharma and biopharma industry led to end of year sales to increase 4% to just under $2bn , compared to 2013.
Drugmakers Look to Push Boundaries of Old Age
2014-11-06 18:43:34| Biotech - Topix.net
Google's ambition to defy the limits of aging has fired up interest in the field, drawing in drug companies who are already quietly pioneering research, despite the regulatory and clinical hurdles that remain. In September life-science company Calico, which was set up by Google last year to investigate the aging process, joined with U.S. drugmaker AbbVie in committing an initial $250 million apiece to developing cures for age-related diseases.
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Drugmakers to join forces to make millions of Ebola vaccine doses
2014-10-22 19:08:21| Biotech - Topix.net
Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to produce millions of doses for use next year. U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday that it aims to produce at least 1 million doses of its two-step vaccine next year and has already discussed collaboration with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline, which is working on a rival vaccine.
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