Pharmaceuticals and Medicine
AstraZeneca takes 430m legal provision on US claims
Charges were a blemish on an otherwise bullish set of secondquarter results from the AngloSwedish pharmaceuticals group.
Croda profits down on industrial pain
Croda International shares fell 4pc after the chemicals company said falling glycerine prices and stalling demand from industry had caused a significant ...
Reckitt profits jump as shoppers stay loyal to leading brands
Reckitt Benckiser the consumer products giant whose range includes Dettol disinfectant and Lemsip raised its earnings forecasts for the year as ...
Glaxo to develop 1hr swine flu test
GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop a new test which can diagnose specific strains of influenza including swine flu in just an ...
Glaxo to have swine flu vaccine by September
Drug maker to triple production of swine flu treatment Relenza and have an antiviral vaccine in distribution soon. ...
Reckitt faces loss of Suboxone drug patent
Reckitt Benckiser the household goods company that stands to lose a major revenue driver when one of its leading drug patents expires in ...
GSK in line for £1.3bn swine flu sales boost
Glaxosmithkline the UK's largest pharmaceutical company is in line to receive a £1.3bn sales injection from the global swine flu pandemic as ...
GlaxoSmithKline to inject £60m into HIV and Aids drugs in Africa
GlaxoSmithKline is to pump £60m into developing HIV and Aids treatments for children in Africa. ...
Drug industry keen on new NHS trials
Britain's drug industry has welcomed Government plans to trial new drugs ahead of approval by the regulatory body as having the potential to ...
Shire boosted as drug is fasttracked
Shire the biopharmaceutical group has received a boost after US regulators said they would fasttrack the approval of its treatment for Gaucher ...
