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First GSK Ebola vaccine shipment due to arrive in Liberia

2015-01-23 08:36:45| Biotech - Topix.net

The first batch of GlaxoSmithKline's experimental Ebola vaccine has been shipped to West Africa and is expected to arrive in Liberia later on Friday, the British drugmaker said. The shipment, of an initial 300 vials of the vaccine, will be the first to arrive in one of the three main Ebola-affected African countries, GSK said in a statement.

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MSF slams expensive vaccines, urges GSK and Pfizer to cut prices

2015-01-20 13:04:39| Biotech - Topix.net

A girl receives anti-measles vaccination drops at a health centre in in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro LONDON, Jan 20 - the international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres urged drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer on Tuesday to slash the price of their pneumococcal vaccines to $5 per child in poor countries.

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EU antitrust regulators to decide on Novartis, GSK deals by Jan 14

2014-12-01 14:52:52| Biotech - Topix.net

European Union antitrust regulators will decide by Jan. 14 whether to clear two asset trade deals between Swiss drugmaker Novartis and British rival GlaxoSmithKline, the European Commission said on Monday. Novartis is buying GSK's oncology products for $14.5 billion plus another $1.5 billion that depends on the results of a trial in melanoma, boosting its world No.

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GSK to axe U.S. jobs as part of $1.6 billion cost cuts - sources

2014-11-30 12:50:33| Biotech - Topix.net

GlaxoSmithKline will this week inform U.S. staff of hundreds of job cuts in its biggest market as the drugmaker starts implementing a major cost-saving programme, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Britain's top drugmaker announced at third-quarter results on Oct. 22 that the new restructuring scheme would save 1 billion pounds in annual costs over three years, but it has yet to tell employees where the axe will fall.

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