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Abbott licenses biomarkers for use in differentiating aggressive from nonaggressive prostate cancer

17 April 2012
Detection of gene abnormalities may help men determine the best approach to treatment...

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Novo Nordisk breaks ground on new plant in Russia

17 April 2012
Novo Nordisk broke ground on a new USD 100 million plant that will formulate and fill modern insulin into Novo Nordisk’s Penfill® cartridges...

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Abbott’s investigational treatment for advanced Parkinson’s Disease demonstrates positive results in Phase 3 clinical trial

17 April 2012
Statistically significant improvements...

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Lilly Diabetes and Walgreens launch diabetes hypoglycemia awareness campaign

16 April 2012
Lilly Diabetes & Walgreens to help combat the problem of hypoglycemia unawareness...

Owen Mumford is open for business in China. Picture shows, the new team at their Shanghai office. Left to Right: Cathy Liu (Business Coordinator), Jim Zhang (General Manager), Robert Xu ( Marketing Manager) and Will Su (District sales manager).

Owen Mumford opens office in Shanghai

16 April 2012
Owen Mumford, one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of medical devices has opened its doors for business in China...

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Exclusive worldwide agreement to develop and commercialize Phase III cancer candidate vintafolide (EC145)

16 April 2012
Vintafolide is currently being evaluated in a Phase III clinical trial...

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GSK provides update on corporate responsibility commitments in 2011 report

11 April 2012
GlaxoSmithKline has published its Corporate Responsibility Report...

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Abbott’s HUMIRA® (adalimumab) approved in Europe for treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC)

11 April 2012
The European Commission has approved HUMIRA®...

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Corning to acquire majority of BD Discovery Labware

10 April 2012
Corning Incorporated has reached a definitive agreement with BD to acquire the majority of its Discovery Labware unit...

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Amgen to acquire privately held KAI Pharmaceuticals

10 April 2012
Amgen and KAI Pharmaceuticals have announced an agreement under which Amgen will acquire KAI...

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Abbott receives approval for next-generation XIENCE PRIME™ drug eluting stent in Japan

9 April 2012
Abbott announced it has received approval from the Japanese MHLW...

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Roche disappointed with ISS recommendation

6 April 2012
Roche released the following statement in response to a report issued by Institutional Shareholder Services...