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Sanofi Offer Rejected

The so-called "bear hug" letter aims to pressure Genzyme to respond to the offer or justify to its shareholders why it has not held negotiations

23 August 2010

Biocon Sees 15% Growth In 2 Yrs

For the year ended March 2010, Biocon's revenue was Rs 24.05 billion ($516 million)

19 August 2010

RFCL To Manufacture Haematology Reagents

RFCL has signed a technology transfer agreement with Hungarian company, Diagon, world leaders in Haematology reagents.

16 August 2010

Baring PE To Pick 10% Stake In Shilpa Medicare

As per the understanding, the management will issue shares on preferential basis to Baring

14 August 2010

Mountain Out Of A Molehill

The Lancet’s superbug report smacks of prejudice, say Indian medicos

12 August 2010

Ministry Drops IPC Case Against Elder CMD

Case to be filed under company law and not IPC as ministry absolves accused

12 August 2010

Ranbaxy CEO Quits, Co Tops Q2 Forecast

Ranbaxy shares, which the market values at $4 bn, have dropped 13.6% so far this year

9 August 2010

Hospital Chains Eye Overseas Expansion

Apollo, Fortis need to go overseas to enhance their brand value

26 July 2010

Fortis Shares Zoom 6% On Parkway Stake Sale

Khazanah's voluntary general offer price represents a 4.5% increase over its partial offer price

26 July 2010

Khazanah Ups Parkway Offer; Fortis To Exit

Fortis makes a profit of S$116.7 million and emerges debt-free on the deal

21 July 2010

Parkway Shareholders Favour Khazanah

The shares amount to 70% of the total shares eligible to vote on the partial offer

20 July 2010

Nikkei: Eisai To Export Key Drug From India

Japan's Eisai plans to use its new plant in Andhra Pradesh to manufacture its Aricept Alzheimer's drug in India for export to Japan, the United States and Europe as early as 2011

18 July 2010

U.S. Fund Manager Reduces Its Stake In Parkway

U.S. fund manager Templeton now owns 4.97 per cent of Parkway, down from 5.04 per cent previously following a series of sales earlier this month

18 July 2010

U.S. Court Denies Motion On Protonix

The U.S. District Court for New Jersey had rejected allegations by Teva and Sun Pharmaceutical that the patent on Protonix was obvious and should be declared invalid

15 July 2010

Novartis Raises Sales Goal

This is in line with its forecast for its pharmaceuticals unit as key drugs like top-selling Diovan perform well

15 July 2010

Glaxo Sees $2.4 Bn Charge, Avandia Mostly Settled

GlaxoSmithKline expects to record a legal charge of 1.57 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) for the second quarter after settling the "substantial majority" of claims relating to its controversial diabetes pill Avandia


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