Archives for March 3, 2008

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Teva sprints ahead of the API field

By  Pete Mansell

With active pharmaceutical ingredient sales of $1,460m (€960.8m) in 2007 and a portfolio of more than 250 compounds, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is by a long stretch the dominant supplier in the global API market.

Lillys Zyprexa LAI trips up over sedation effects

By  Pete Mansell

A long-acting injectable formulation of Eli Lilly's blockbuster schizophrenia treatment Zyprexa (olanzapine), with the potential to improve patient adherence and take some of the sting out of generic competition three years down the line, has fallen...

GSK's UK plant to lose out to outsourcing

By  Kirsty Barnes

A UK chemicals plant has become the latest casualty of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) pledge to make the business leaner with the help of outsourcing and offshoring.

Bruker on R&D high as Q4 exceeds expectations

By  Wai Lang Chu

Life sciences systems maker Bruker Corp reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and revenue results on the back of the company's recent $1.1bn acquisition of affiliated firm Bruker BioSpin.