Netherlands

The government of the Netherlands has announced that it is to continue to promote the use of cannabis as a medicinal treatment, and will extend the availability of marijuana in pharmacies... 2007-11-09

Underlining the trend for Western European active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturers to shift operations to Asia, Dutch firm DSM is seeking to carve-out its anti-infective... 2007-06-22

Dutch financial services groups

There has been much activity in the Netherlands drug sector of late with

When US drugmaker Schering-Plough acquired Dutch biotech Organon for EUR11bn (US$14.5bn), most industry observers focused on how the deal would boost Schering's late-stage pipeline... 2007-04-11

US drugmaker Schering-Plough has acquired Organon , the pharmaceuticals division of Dutch industrial conglomerate Akzo Nobel in a deal worth EUR11bn (US$14.5bn). The move has... 2007-03-13

Exploiting the sub-continent's low-cost base, Netherlands-based DSM Anti-Infectives has opened a US$500mn plant in India to produce Purimox (amoxicillin trihydrate). DSM has annual... 2006-09-06

Fuelling the trend for hybrid companies to de-couple, Dutch pharmaceuticals, coatings and chemicals group Akzo Nobel has announced that an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders... 2006-08-15

Indian firm Panacea Biotec and the state-owned Nedelands Vaccin Instituut (NVI) have entered into deal to produce polio

Roche's high-dose formulation of Copegus (ribavirin) has been approved for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Netherlands. Subsequent approvals in Europe via... 2006-04-25