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03/09/2010 11:34 PM

Sanofi joins Merck in animal health venture

The pharmaceutical group has agreed a deal to establish a joint venture with Merck which will be the world's largest animal health business

03/09/2010 04:56 PM

Bupa's Asia growth mitigates UK, US slowness

Strong growth in customer numbers in Asia and the acquisition of MBF, the Australian insurer, helps mitigate sluggish performance of the medical insurance group in the US and UK

03/08/2010 10:10 PM

Regulator finds ethics breach by AstraZeneca

A UK regulatory panel says the pharmaceutical group failed to accurately reflect the side effects of its top-selling antipsychotic drug Seroquel in an advertisement to doctors

03/08/2010 06:57 PM

AstraZeneca job cuts reflect new landscape

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group's move is latest in series of shake-ups that will have a key impact on the volume of medical innovation

03/08/2010 01:18 AM

Scottish start-up in £70m Sinopharm deal

Under the partnership agreement, the Chinese pharmaceutical distributor will undertake the regulatory compliance process in Beijing for Burdica Biomed's range of personal lubricants

03/05/2010 11:12 PM

3i buys majority stake in health chain

The UK's oldest private equity firm feels it has recovered sufficiently from the financial crisis to return to the dealmaking fray

03/04/2010 02:15 AM

Care UK goes private via Bridgepoint

The all-cash offer of 450p a share from private equity group Bridgepoint represents a premium and values the provider of nursing and elderly home care at £423m

03/03/2010 11:01 PM

Inquiry into NHS provider rule halted

Primary care health trusts across the east of England have been ordered to suspend procurement for community services

03/03/2010 04:27 PM

UK receives venture capital boost

The sector gets a double lift from the $330m sale of a biotechnology company to a US pharmaceutical group and a £65m fundraising round by a developer of painkillers for cancer patients

03/03/2010 02:53 AM

Four Seasons faces new creditor talks

One of the UK's largest care group is set to be dragged back into talks after a group of bondholders threatened to block an attempt to renegotiate the terms of its debts

03/03/2010 01:26 AM

Ratiopharm sale in final stages

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries of Israel, Actavis of Iceland and Pfizer of the US are said to be vying to win control of the German generic drug company in the €3bn auction

03/03/2010 12:10 AM

Barclays Private Equity to sell Deb Group

Buy-out company is to announce the sale of the cleaning products maker to Charterhouse in a deal worth £325m

03/02/2010 10:48 PM

AstraZeneca to halt leading disease research

Anglo-Swedish group to cease research into several diseases that have generated its largest selling drugs

03/02/2010 10:44 PM

Astellas raises OSI bid pressure

The Japanese pharmaceutical company intensified the pressure of its hostile $3.5bn bid for OSI with a legal action designed to prevent its US target from issuing a poison pill

03/02/2010 09:24 PM

HgCapital says Goldshield understated profits

Private equity group appoints lawyers and accountants to investigate whether drugmaker it bought understated profits while a listed comany

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