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Forest Laboratories Has Entered Into a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Aptalis

Jan 9, 2014

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:FRX) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aptalis, a privately held U.S. based specialty Gastrointestinal (GI) and Cystic Fibrosis company, for $2.9 billion in cash from ...

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Officials at GlaxoSmithKline Said The Company Will No Longer Tie Bonuses to Sales Targets

Dec 19, 2013

Officials at GlaxoSmithKline in England said the company will no longer tie bonuses to sales targets and will phase out paying doctors to speak at conferences. In a statement, the drug manufacturer said it is changing its global sales and ...

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FDA Released Version of a Voluntary Plan to Phase out Use of Certain Antibiotics

Dec 12, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Sanico Has Installed Four Insight PH Metal Detectors From Lock Inspection Systems

Sep 2, 2013

Belgium-based pharmaceutical contract manufacturer Sanico has installed four Insight PH metal detectors from Lock Inspection Systems at its Turnhout facility in Belgium, to boost tablet inspection capability with 100% accuracy. The drug ...

Tags: pH Metal Detectors, Tablet Inspection Capacity

India Partly Suspended Patents Granted to Roche Holding for Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin

Aug 6, 2013

India has partly suspended patents granted to Roche Holding for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, over issues that the patents had not been filed in accordance with the laid down process. An article published in Swiss newspaper Schweiz am ...

Tags: Cancer Drug Patent

You Should Only Use a Medication From a Compounding Pharmacy

Jan 11, 2013

A: Until other much-needed changes occur, you should only use a medication from a compounding pharmacy if no other FDA-approved product is available, say our medical advisers. Compounding pharmacies create individual, customized drugs. They ...

Tags: Compounding Pharmacy, healthcare, medicare, pharmacy

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