Industry Developments

In what could be a damaging move for sales of certain products, although ultimately positive for some antidepressants, ,the UK is considering giving every new drug licensed in the... 2008-02-12

UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has announced that turnover fell marginally in 2007, to US$22.7bn (US$44.3bn) after safety warnings had an impact on sales of its leading diabetes... 2008-02-11

A developer has pulled out of a EUR60mn (US$88.08mn) scientific park project in the Netherlands after a campaign by animal rights activists who claimed that the facilities would be... 2008-01-10

A new patent law, EPC2000, came into effect in the EU in December 2007, upgrading the current European Patent Convention (EPC). The revision will affect the pharmaceutical industry,... 2008-01-07

Germany's Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA) has warned that the country is lagging behind other European states when it comes to innovative pharmaceuticals.... 2008-01-04

The biotechnology sector in the UK could start to suffer from the current turmoil in the global credit market as funding streams begin to dry up.

The French Senate has approved an amendment to healthcare legislation that should save health insurers money over generic drugs.

The Dutch Health Ministry is considering a controversial new policy whereby members of the public who donate a kidney will be given free health insurance for life. The proposals are... 2008-01-02

Three leading pharmaceutical companies have become the focus of investigations into allegations of corruption involving UK firms that exported goods to Iraq through the UN's oil-for-food... 2007-12-31

Meanwhile, a public listing should prove a boon to the Spanish pharmaceutical industry and could result in similar action for a spate of other drug firms. In June 2007, leading indigenous... 2007-12-21