Belgium

Belgium's drug industry association, pharma.be, has defended the price of medicines in the country following local reports suggesting the market is over-priced. Pharma.be also claims... 2008-07-15

In keeping with Roche's commitment to developing cancer therapies, the company has acquired worldwide exclusive rights to an early stage cancer therapy that is being co-developed... 2008-06-24

Belgium's efforts to keep drug spending down look as if they are being rewarded, with sales of reimbursed drugs increasing by less than 7% in 2007, within the national health insurance... 2008-02-19

Employees at Belgium-based drugmaker Janssen Pharmaceutica (Janssen) are striking in protest at the compensation packages being offered to workers recently made redundant by US... 2007-11-20

Health tourism in Belgium is on the increase as thousands of patients from around Europe flock to the country to take advantage of low treatment costs and excellent facilities. Of... 2007-11-06

Thousands of Belgian patients could be saved from going blind after US firm Genentech's controversial drug Lucentis (ranibizumab), which treats wet age-related macular degeneration... 2007-10-29

Belgium-based drugmaker

Doctors in Belgium are largely keeping in line with government targets for prescribing generic medicines, according to national health insurer Inami. As a result,

Belgium industrial conglomerate Solvay recorded strong results in 2006, driven by surging sales for its pharmaceuticals division. Turnover in 2006 reached EUR9.4bn (US$12.3bn),... 2007-02-22

As part of a restructuring programme for its European operations, US firm Eli Lilly has simultaneously closed its R&D facility in Belgium and announced the construction of biopharmaceutical... 2006-12-05