PHARMA popularity and PHARMA trends

A recent selloff in specialty pharmaceuticals has creating a buying opportunity, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Gregory Waterman, but he thinks investors should be discriminating. Allergan (AGN) is his top pick, a best-in-breed name that’s at a nice entry point. “Mid-teens EPS growth remains scarce in healthcare and AGN is structurally well positioned given: (1) [...]

The rupee's depreciation is on paper a good thing for the export-oriented pharmaceutical firms that can get more for the dollars they earn, but the industry as a whole is worried because the volatility in the currency is a bigger concern for drug manufacturers who can get their import numbers wrong.

In theory, pharma stocks are poised for a rally, especially given that most of the groups have sub-market valuations

Utl.: Der Umsatz konnte in 2011 deutlich auf 317,7 Mio Euro gesteigert werden. Investiert wird nun in den Ausbau der Produktion von Veterinärarzneimitteln am Standort Wels. = Wels (OTS) - Erneut konnte die Welser Richter Pharma im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr 2011 ein deutliches …

Utl.: Die patentierte Formel für Sonne ohne Reue = Wien (OTS) - Mit einem gemäß den Marktbedürfnissen optimalen Produktsortiment, neuem Verpackungsdesign und der patentierten Wirkstoff-Formel eröffnet ATEIA(R) eine neue Ära im dermatologischen Sonnenschutz. Zwtl.: Optimierter Schutz …

The TAC has joined the fray in a face-off between Aventis Pharma and Cipla Life Sciences in a patent dispute over the cancer drug, Docetaxel.

Der Pharma- und Spezialchemiekonzern Merck hat zum Jahresauftakt einen Gewinneinbruch verzeichnet und zieht Konsequenzen. Ab 2014 will das Unternehmen bei der Pharmatochter Serono 300 Millionen Euro pro Jahr einsparen - und gleichzeitig kräftig verdienen.

Mit dem Merck-Börsenpapier geht es bergab: Das strauchelnde Chemiegeschäft setzt dem Pharma- und Spezialchemiekonzern zu Jahresbeginn zu und verunsichert Anleger. Die Hoffnungen ruhen auf dem massiven Sparprogramm.

Massiver Gewinneinbruch bei Merck: Der Pharma- und Chemiekonzern hat zum Jahresauftakt fast 50 Prozent weniger Überschuss erzielt. In diesem Jahr konzentriert sich Merck vor allem aus sein Sparprogramm.

Stuttgart (dpa) - Der kränkelnde Pharmagroßhändler Celesio ist mit seinem breit angelegten Umbau in die roten Zahlen gerauscht. Vor allem hohe Abschreibungen auf die kürzlich zum Verkauf geste...

L'Américain Chris Horner (RadioShack) défend à partir de dimanche son titre dans le 7e Tour de Californie, et ne devrait pas avoir à se soucier de son compatriote Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma), triple vainqueur de l'épreuve mais diminué par une blessure.

In signs of better job market prospects, hiring activities increased across many sectors, including banking and pharma in April, says a survey by leading employment portal Naukri.com.

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Continuous manufacturing will transform the drugs are made, says Novartis president. At the second day of a manufacturing conference on MIT’s campus, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis, Joseph Jimenez, suggested big changes are in store for the way his company makes drugs. A new, experimental method for producing pills could drastically reduce production times, increase revenue, and impro...

While pharma companies have claimed that most of their drug trials were taking place in “cosmopolitan towns” the House panel on health has found it incorrect.

One of the most inaptly named groups I've ever seen is called Thinking Moms' Revolution (henceforth abbreviated as TMR). Given the reality of what TMR really is, the word "thinking" applied to TMR is, as they say, so wrong it's not even wrong. As for a "revolution," what TMR really represents is nothing revolutionary at all, unless you consider antivaccinationism, run-of-the-mill antiscience pa...

Domestic pharma major Cipla may extend its "affordable and humanitarian" pricing strategy on other anti-cancer drugs in its portfolio, even as domestic generic companies are still trying to grapple with the huge cuts and evaluate their pricing options.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government will help drug companies find treatments for a host of diseases through a new collaboration in which researchers at the National Institutes of Health will test experimental drugs provided by manufacturers.

May 03 - Fitch Ratings says the big Fitch-rated European pharmaceuticals companies, such as Novartis (rated 'AA'), have headroom within their current ratings to pursue bolt-on or even larger...

<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/Pfizer_36326534_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>New York (dpa) - Der US-Pharmariese Pfizer kämpft weiterhin mit rückläufigen Geschäften. Im ersten Quartal fiel der Umsatz um 7 Prozent auf 15,4 Milliarden Dollar (11,7 Mrd Euro). Der Gewinn b...

Le Belge Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma) a remporté samedi la 7e étape du Tour de Turquie cycliste disputée sur 124 km entre Kusadasi et Izmir (ouest) alors que le Bulgare Ivaïlo G...lire la suitehistoires liées20:08 Ben Laden : le Pakistan dit avoir renseigné les USA20:06 Tennis : une finale Nadal – Ferrer à Barcelone20:10 Foot : Hazard repris pour jouer contre le PSG20:09 Foot : 16 joueurs de Leir...

DUBLIN-BASED Jazz Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay up to $700 million (€530 million) in cash for a speciality drug business in the US that has recently been granted approval for a new drug targeting childhood leukaemia.

Omega Pharma a levé le montant maximum de 300 millions d’euros lors du premier jour de sa souscription, a fait savoir l’entreprise ce jeudi. L’opération est donc cl...lire la suite

US biotech company Amgen is to buy Turkey's Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals, a maker of injectable generic drugs, for around $700 million in a deal underscoring Western drugmakers' thirst for emerging markets sales.

MUMBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Intas Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday that it is raising three billion rupees ($57 million) from private equity firm ChrysCapital ahead of its public...

Die günstigen Imitate von Markenmedikamenten drücken den Gewinn von forschenden Pharmaherstellern. Und durch wachsende Konkurrenz machen sich die Hersteller sogenannter Generika auch gegenseitig zu schaffen.

Deal underscores Big Pharma appetite for biotech assets

Der Pharma- und Chemiekonzern wird in den USA massenhaft wegen einer Antibabypille verklagt. Das kann das Unternehmen teuer kommen. Von Jahel Mielke

According to a email we just received, the brand protection domain registrar MarkMonitor.com will be releasing a “New gTLD Application Database” which allow users to quickly search all data provided by ICANN (after the Big Reveal) (using wildcards): gTLD String Mission and Purpose Applicant Name Registry Website Primary and Secondary Contact Names and Email Addresses Application Type (Community...

La société française de biotechnologies BioAlliance Pharma a annoncé mardi...

London (ots/PRNewswire) - ColdChainIQ.com, das Online-Netzwerk und Content-Forum für Temperaturüberwachung für die Biobranche, wurde in brandneuem Design und Struktur wieder auf den Markt gebracht. ColdChainIQ.com bietet der Pharma- und der Biotechlieferkette kostenlosen Zugang zu …

Tony Martin, le champion du monde du contre-la-montre, a été victime d'un accident ce jeudi. L'Allemand a été percuté par une voiture à l'entrainement. Le rouleur d'Omega Pharma Lotto a été transporté inconscient à l'hôpital et souffre de fractures à la mâchoire et à la pommette.

[[384910]] Takeda Pharmaceutical a annoncé mercredi l'achat pour 800 millions de dollars (609 millions d'euros) d'URL Pharma, un laboratoire américain spécialisé dans le traitement de la goutte. Le premier groupe pharmaceutique japonais versera en outre un complément en fonction des performances...

Le Belge Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma) a remporté dimanche pour la quatrième...

Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quick Step) remporte Paris-Roubaix pour la...

Drug companies have growing pains. But getting out their checkbooks to make up $35 billion in lost revenue from patent expirations this year is an expensive strategy.

Die Pharma- und die Biotechindustrie haben sich angenähert

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. drugs reviewers said Astellas Pharma Inc's treatment for an overactive bladder worked, but raised concerns about liver and heart safety issues. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said the once-daily tablet, called mirabegron, worked to reduce frequent urination and the inability to control it, according to documents released onl...

A newly discovered enzyme brings scientists one step closer to understanding how plants manufacture a molecule with potent medicinal properties.

Grazer Forscher untersuchen das vielfältige Potenzial von Mikroalgen für den Pharma- und Kosmetikbereich.

Top court ruling on dispute between pharma giant Novartis and government will have major impact on country’s booming generic industry

Depuis le début de la saison, l'équipe d'Omega Pharma - Quick Step...

SIGMA Pharmaceuticals said that it returned to profit in fiscal 2011, following two years of losses.

Index Ventures may be best known on these pages for its technology investments, but today it launched a new fund that points to how the company is willing to put its money into other examples of strong innovation. The life sciences fund will see Index put in $100 million of its own capital, and have it matched by $50 million each from big pharma leaders GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson...

[[370286]] NEW YORK (AFP) : Le groupe pharmaceutique japonais Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) s'est dit prêt à dépenser jusqu'à 2,6 milliards de dollars pour racheter, en plusieurs étapes, la "start up" américaine Boston Biomedical, spécialisée dans les traitements contre le cancer. DSP, filiale...

by Vasudevan Vasudevan 75:25, a confusing judgement   I am no fan of Baba Ramdev. Trained as  a pharmacist, I oppose anyone  claiming cures just from ancient texts  for mitigation of as yet incurable diseases, may be to be gulped  with the uttering of a Sanskrit sloka to enhance the effect, while  modern science is struggling hard to find cures for intractable maladies  at the expense  of mil...

La firma minorista farmacéutica Brazil Pharma SA anunció su segunda adquisición en menos de cuatro meses, en el marco de sus planes de expansión anunciados cuando realizó una oferta pública inicial.

LAHORE – Punjab government in its report has requested Supreme Court of Pakistan to put names of Directors of Afroz Chemical on Exit Control List (ECL) so that they could not travel abroad, Sources in Punjab government revealed on Monday. It is worth mentioning that the medicines manufactured by their company caused more than 100 deaths in the province. Names of four directors were ...

LAHORE – Punjab government in its report has requested Supreme Court of Pakistan to put names of Directors of Afroz Chemical on Exit Control List (ECL) so that they could not travel abroad, Sources in Punjab government revealed on Monday. It is worth mentioning that the medicines manufactured by their company caused more than 100 deaths in the province. Names of four directors were ...

There is a certain comfort that comes from prescribing an approved drug for its FDA-indicated purpose. However, the most exciting news in preterm birth prevention resulted from two studies published in 2003 using compounded progesterone. Since then, the involvement of Pharma and the FDA seems only to have undermined patient care.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When it comes to healthcare deals, the new motto may be "too expensive to fail."

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients about a potential mix-up between powerful prescription pain drugs and common over-the-counter medications made at a Novartis manufacturing plant. The issue stems from manufacturing problems at a Lincoln, Neb., facility which triggered a recall Sunday of 1,645 lots of Novartis’ over-the-counter drugs, including Excedrin, Bufferin,...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Omega Pharma said on Tuesday its founder and Chief Executive Marc Coucke had succeeded with his $1.1 billion takeover of the Belgian health products distributor.

Watson was not likely to become a major biosimilars player on its own.

The No.1 pharma company has made smart deals with vendors. In addition to sprucing up its payout, Pfizer is buying back shares. And share price is up a healthy measure from its year-ago level.

Aus der Vorhaut von kleinen Jungen entwickelt eine Maschine vollautomatisch künstliche Haut zu Testzwecken für die Pharma- und Kosmetikindustrie. Die Hautfabrik ist eine Erfindung des Fraunhofer-Instituts. Mit ihr wollen die Forscher auch Tierleben retten.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Eli Lilly has plans to build a 22,000sq m facility at its Co Cork plant.

JULIA MANNING: David Cameron was a surprise guest at the Financial Times Biotech and Pharma Conference today, finally acknowledging how 'the Life Sciences sector is a jewel in the crown of our economy'.

As the House of Representatives opens hearings on SOPA, the worst piece of Internet legislation in American history, it has rejected all submissions and testimony from public interest groups and others who oppose the bill. Irony Alert: The House is holding hearings on sweeping Internet censorship legislation this week -- and it's censoring the opposition! [...]

Pharma companies see drops in revenue amid European austerity measures.