The European Commission will provide €12 million in funding for two new research projects which will develop novel influenza treatments, including against both (A) H1N1 pandemic influenza and (A) H5N1 avian flu.
Speaking at an EU influenza meeting ...
Sanofi-Aventis has exercised its option to combine its animal health business Merial with Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health , Merck & Co 's animal health unit.
Sanofi-Aventis bought out Merck's 50% share in Merial for $4 billion last July and ...
The Australian government is set to introduce a number of structural reforms to improve its health and hospital system, including taking priority control of public hospital funding and bringing in national standards to improve hospital services. ...
South Africa plans to implement a new code of practice for the marketing of healthcare products later this year, which will cover the whole range of products including branded drugs, generics, OTCs as well as medical devices and diagnostics, ...
Pantoprazole (Protonix) proved to be both a boon and blight on Nycomed 's financial performance in 2009. The gastro-oesophageal reflux disease treatment struggled to cope with its loss of exclusivity in many key European markets, but still drove ...
