Pharmaceutical
February 22, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson has named Alex Gorsky as CEO, effective April 26, according to a press release. Gorsky will succeed Bill Weldon, who has served as
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February 21, 2012
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit is voluntarily recalling approximately 574,000 bottles of infant Tylenol due to complaints about the SimpleMeasure™ dosing system, according
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February 15, 2012
NEW YORK — Speaking at an investor conference in New York on Tuesday, Pfizer Inc. research chief Mikael Dolsten said the company’s experimental treatment for Alzheimer''s disease is the
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February 7, 2012
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew announced Monday that it will pay $22 million to settle claims that it won business in Greece by bribing doctors,
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February 2, 2012
BRENTFORD, UK — The UK’s biggest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to settle 20,000 more lawsuits alleging its diabetes medication Avandia caused heart attacks, Bloomberg reported. The company has
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February 1, 2012
NEW YORK — Pfizer is recalling about 1 million birth control pills due to a packaging error that could increase the likelihood of pregnancy, according to a press release.
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January 31, 2012
GENEVA, Switzerland — On Monday, the research-based pharmaceutical industry announced donations of 14 billion treatments this decade to support the elimination or control of nine key neglected tropical diseases
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January 26, 2012
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department filed a "ground-breaking" consent decree in court for a permanent injunction mandating Indian drug-maker Ranbaxy to adhere to U.S. manufacturing standards and ensure
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January 26, 2012
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January 24, 2012
BANGALORE and MUMBAI — U.S.-based Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said it bought the Australian and South East Asian generic drugs business of Strides Arcolab for A$375 million, reports Reuters.
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