NY Times reporter details pharmaceutical company marketing methods
Next time you hear a story about how a major medical journal is reporting a treatment breakthrough, you might stop and think for a moment about what lies behind the report.
Was the research done...
ABC Business News -
Wednesday April 30, 2008, 8:24 pm
API sees improvement in retail sector
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (API) says it is comfortable with market expectations for its full year earnings despite volatile conditions in the retail sector.The drug distributor and...
AAP -
Wednesday April 30, 2008, 1:50 pm
Priceline expansion boosts API profit
An expansion of its Priceline Pharmacy business has helped deliver a half-year profit for Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (ASX: API.ax) .
API has reported a bottom-line profit of $6.1...
ABC Business News -
Wednesday April 30, 2008, 12:00 pm
U.S. FDA approves irritable bowel drug
(Recasts first paragraph with marketing arrangement, adds
Sucampo spokesman comment)
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Food and Drug
Administration on Tuesday approved the first U.S. drug to...
Reuters Finance News, Australia -
Wednesday April 30, 2008, 11:06 am
Irritable bowel drug by Takeda, Sucampo approved
(Adds details, background)
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Food and Drug
Administration on Tuesday approved the first U.S. drug to treat
irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) in...
Reuters Finance News, Australia -
Wednesday April 30, 2008, 7:56 am
FDA OK's irritable bowel drug by Takeda, Sucampo
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Food and Drug
Administration said on Tuesday it approved Amitiza, a drug made
by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co 4502.T and Sucampo
Pharmaceuticals Inc SCMP.O, for...
Reuters Finance News, Australia -
Wednesday April 30, 2008, 7:35 am
GlaxoSmithKline profits slide in first quarter
LONDON (AFP) - British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that first-quarter net profits tumbled, partly because of sliding sales of diabetes drug Avandia.Net profits dived 13.7...
AFP Finance News -
Wednesday April 23, 2008, 11:28 pm
VIETNAM EARMARKS US$52 MLN FOR AQUACULTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
HANOI, April 22 Asia Pulse - More than 850 billion VND
(US$52.77 million) will be invested in a project to develop and
apply biotechnology in the Vietnamese fisheries sector from now
until 2020....
Asia Pulse News -
Tuesday April 22, 2008, 12:05 pm
Roche first quarter sales dip on lower Tamiflu demand
GENEVA (AFP) - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Thursday its first quarter sales fell four percent on a Swiss franc basis due to a drop in its key flu drug Tamiflu.Overall group sales fell to...
AFP Finance News -
Thursday April 17, 2008, 7:40 pm
European stocks mostly fall, London manages gain
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets mostly weakened Tuesday on nervousness ahead of more US earnings news, but London was boosted by positive announcements from retail and pharmaceutical...
AFP Finance News -
Tuesday April 15, 2008, 10:08 pm
Roche to buy UK pharma company Piramed for 160 million dollars
GENEVA (AFP) - Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche said Tuesday it would buy British pharmaceutical company Piramed Limited for 160 million dollars (101 million euros), a move it said would boost its...
AFP Finance News -
Tuesday April 15, 2008, 5:26 pm