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US-based Pfizer has introduced a new scratch card in a bid to involve the public in medicines optimisation. The card has been designed to increase patient engagement with the pharmacy team and create opportunities to...

US-based Johnson & Johnson has signed an agreement to acquire a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, Alios BioPharma, for $1.75bn in cash. Based in California, US, Alios develops therapies for the treatment of...

The courier firm FedEx faces drug-trafficking charges after being indicted by a federal grand jury in California, in a case that highlights the growth in illegal online pharmacies selling dubious medication to people without prescription. The...

AIDS can be brought under control by 2030, according to a report by the United Nations Aids agency. It said the number of new HIV infections and deaths from Aids were both falling. At present,...

AbbVie has now laid on the table a bid of £53.20 a share to acquire UK-headquartered Shire, up from last week’s offer of £51.15. Shire confirmed this morning that following talks it requested, and received, a...

The business to be sold operates in Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and includes approximately 3,800 employees Abbott will sell its developed markets branded generics pharmaceuticals business to Mylan for equity ownership of a...

Telmisartan is Glenmark’s generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Micardis Glenmark Generics Inc., US a subsidiary of Glenmark Generics Limited has been granted final abbreviated new drug approval (ANDA) from the United States Food and Drug Administration...