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GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals profit grows by 16%

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 31st March 2011. Profit after tax but before Exceptional Item grew by 16%. While the overall sales grew by 11.4%, net sales of the pharmaceuticals business...

Impax Laboratories Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

Impax Laboratories, Inc.reported first quarter ended March 31, 2011 financial results. Larry Hsu, Ph.D., president and CEO, Impax Laboratories, Inc. said, Our revenue related to the sale of our generic and brand products and services other than generic Flomax(R)...

IMS Institute Reports U.S. Spending on Medicines Grew 2.3 Percent in 2010, to $307.4 Billion

The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics today reported a 2.3 percent increase in spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. last year, markedly lower than the 5.1 percent growth rate in 2009. In a new study, The Use of...

Novo Nordisk increased operating profit by 27% in 2010

Organic sales growth of 19% driven by Victoza®, NovoRapid® and Levemir® Sales increased by 19% in Danish kroner and by 13% in local currencies. Gross margin improved by 1.2 percentage points in Danish kroner to 80.8% in 2010, reflecting...

Pfizer Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Results

Pfizer Inc.reported financial results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2010. Since the acquisition of Wyeth was completed on October 15, 2009, fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 results reflect the legacy Wyeth operations from the acquisition date through Pfizer’s domestic and international...

Innovation drives Novartis to double-digit growth for 2010

Novartis achieved strong financial results in 2010 -Net sales up 14% (+14% in constant currencies, or cc) to USD 50.6 billion. Solid sales growth in fourth quarter, operating income impacted by one-offs and A(H1N1) pandemic flu vaccine sales in...

Genzyme Financial Recovery Continues in Fourth Quarter

Genzyme Corp. reported that preliminary fourth-quarter revenue grew 23 percent to $1.15 billion from $938 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year, revenue was $4.1 billion compared with $4.0 billion in 2009. Fourth-quarter revenue from the...

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