Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.

Technology - Business

May 20, 2013 not rated yet 0

Shaken, not stirred, is the essence of new research that's showing promise in creating the chemical reactions necessary for industries such as pharmaceutical companies, but eliminating the resulting waste from traditional ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Clinical testing company Quintiles Transnational wants to become a public company again after nearly a decade in private hands.

Technology - Business

Feb 16, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Side effects are a major reason that drugs are taken off the market and a major reason why patients stop taking their medications, but scientists are now reporting the development of a new way to predict ...

Chemistry - Other

Jan 02, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

A new stem cell-derived system for screening experimental drugs for cardiotoxicity could identify dangerous side effects early in the development process, thereby potentially saving time, lives and money, according to Evan ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A joint research effort by the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute and pharmaceutical company CureVac, both based in Germany, has resulted in the creation of a new type of flu vaccine. The vaccine, as the team describes ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 26, 2012 5 / 5 (9) 0 |

Many pharmaceutical companies in a new survey are making progress in embracing the guiding principles of green chemistry, which seek to minimize the use of potentially hazardous substances in producing medications, reduce ...

Chemistry - Other

May 31, 2012 not rated yet 0

Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 01, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(AP) -- Shares of Millennial Media nearly doubled in the mobile advertising company's market debut Thursday.

Technology - Business

Mar 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

Based on a recent study, University of Missouri and Oregon researchers believe a legal definition for what constitutes "cruelty-free" labeled products should be determined and manufacturers should be required to abide by ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 28, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

Traditional drug manufacturing is a time-consuming process. Active pharmaceutical ingredients are synthesized in a chemical manufacturing plant and then shipped to another site, where they are converted into ...

Chemistry - Other

Mar 12, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

Consumers hold churches and pharmaceutical companies to different moral standards than other organizations, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 13, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 3

There are probably at least 500 medically useful chemicals awaiting discovery in plant species whose chemical constituents have not yet been evaluated for their potential to cure or treat disease, according to a new analysis ...

Biology - Other

Dec 12, 2011 3.8 / 5 (4) 2

(AP) -- Apple Inc. has named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman, a move that rewards the longtime Apple board member who chose it over Google Inc. when the technology giants began to compete with ...

Technology - Business

Nov 15, 2011 not rated yet 1

A breakthrough in the fight against drug-resistant infections is one step closer following the discovery of the structure of NDM-1: a vicious form of bacteria that is currently resistant to the most powerful antibiotics available.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Sep 07, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0