Germany
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Germany-based drugmaker Merck KGaA has posted Q210 revenues of US$2.89bn, a 5.20% increase on Q110 revenues (US$2.74bn) and 16.10% increase on revenues of US$2.49bn in Q209. Merck's...
2010-08-02Industry
The German government has stepped up its focus on medicine prices. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet has approved legislation that will require drug companies and health insurers...
2010-07-02Industry
German drug company Stada Arzneimittel could be a potential takeover target for multinational drugmaker Pfizer - after Chief Executive Hartmut Retzlaff's comments that the company would...
2010-06-09Industry
The implementation of a market decree which will bring about 'short-term' price cuts of up to 27% on medicines in Greece is worrying drugmakers operating in the country. Drugmakers...
2010-06-08Industry
Dealing a blow to multinational drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a German court has ruled that the patent on its blockbuster cancer therapeutic Advair (fluticasone + salmeterol) is...
2010-05-21Industry
Focusing on new methods to control rising healthcare costs, German Health Minister Philipp Rösler is planning to abolish a law that makes it mandatory for 5% of the turnover of a pharmacy...
2010-05-13Industry
Germany-based drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a corporate venture capital fund, the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF), through which it aims to make an initial...
2010-03-31Industry
In early March 2010 it was revealed that German Health Minister Philipp Rösler was considering the implementation of compulsory discounts and price freezes on pharmaceuticals in...
2010-03-23
