United Kingdom

UK-based retailer Boots is planning to sell anti-impotence drug Viagra (sildenafil) over-the-counter (OTC), and is currently piloting the scheme at three stores in Manchester. Presently,... 2007-02-12

This was not always so, and in 2001 GSK found itself in a similar position of uncertainty and responded with a series of job cuts. Since that time, though, the company has implemented... 2007-02-09

Following on from US drugmaker Pfizer's decision to cut 10,000 jobs, Anglo-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca is slashing 5% of its workforce, as a wave of cost cutting hits the industry.... 2007-02-02

UK-based pharmacy chain and wholesaler Alliance Boots has formed a joint venture with China's third largest wholesaler, Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals, to penetrate one of the world's... 2007-01-29

The UK's rationing watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has rejected an appeal by campaigners to have

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca is to invest US$100mn in its R&D centre in Boston, Massachussetts. The extra funding will be used primarily for research into new treatments... 2007-01-24

UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is planning to conduct a head-to-head trial that will pit its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix against Merck & Co 's Gardasil, in what... 2007-01-19

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has struck a deal to partner two diabetes drugs developed by US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). The agreement involves an initial down payment... 2007-01-12

Two more multinational pharmaceutical companies have joined market leader Pfizer in rationalising their UK supply chain in an effort to prevent counterfeit products hitting the market.... 2006-12-18

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