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Lundbeck awarded prize for world-class production

16 January 2012
H. Lundbeck A/S has crowned six years of focused efforts on productivity improvements with a silver medallion...

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Novartis to restructure US business to strengthen competitive position in light of loss of Diovan® patent

13 January 2012
US General Medicines restructuring results in reduction of 1,960 positions...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb begins tender offer to acquire Inhibitex, Inc.

13 January 2012
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is commencing a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Inhibitex...

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Gilead Sciences completes tender offer for all outstanding shares of Pharmasset, Inc.

12 January 2012
Following the merger, Pharmasset will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilead...

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B&W Tek to introduce micro lensed fiber-optic Raman probe at SPIE’s BiOS & Photonics West exhibits

12 January 2012
B&W Tek, Inc., is proud to introduce the BAC200...

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B&W Tek celebrates 15 years of innovative solutions for photonics

12 January 2012
In the last 15 years B&W Tek has experienced substantial growth in size, value, skills and core competencies...

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Flavor and fragrance production with the Syrris Atlas Calorimeter

11 January 2012
IFF, uses the Syrris Atlas Calorimeter for flavor and fragrance development at its production plant in Spain...

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Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 and a plate of live fish!

11 January 2012
Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 multimode microplate reader has enabled scientists to develop a high throughput system...

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GSK responds to the recent court ruling on the COMPAS study in Mendoza, Argentina

11 January 2012
GlaxoSmithKline respectfully disagrees with the recent court ruling in favour of ANMAT...

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AstraZeneca and IMS Health announce real-world evidence collaboration in Europe

11 January 2012
AstraZeneca has entered into a three-year collaboration agreement with IMS Health...

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Sanofi and Venture Capital Firms, Third Rock Ventures and Greylock Partners, jointly launch Warp Drive Bio

10 January 2012
Sanofi is co-investing in Warp Drive Bio, an innovative start-up biotechnology company...

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SFJ Pharma Ltd. II announces agreement with Pfizer to develop Axitinib

9 January 2012
SFJ announced that it has entered into a collaborative development agreement with Pfizer Inc. to conduct a Phase 3 clinical trial...