Poland Poland spends billions on drugs - but are they the right ones? View Poland has won acclaim for its system to decide which medicines should be funded by taxpayers but still faces challenges in striking the right balance between expertise and transparency on healthcare policies. 18/12/2017
Canada Canada: Death of a Billionaire The mysterious death of a pharmaceuticals billionaire and his wife in Toronto is now being investigated by homicide detectives. 18/12/2017
world news Paris and Amsterdam snatch London’s lost EU agencies The race to host the European medicines and banking agencies after Brexit was so tight that the winners were ultimately drawn from a bowl. 20/11/2017
France Using viruses to fight cancer We find out about immuno-oncology, whereby the DNA of specific viruses is modified so they can track down the cancer cells. The viruses then either destroy the cells' structure by replicating themselv 08/09/2017
View View: Being bold in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria The car manufacturer Volvo made the bold move of stopping production of fossil-fuel vehicles by 2019. Why we need more grit like that in the existential fight against microbial resistance. 12/07/2017
world news Johnson&Johnson faces class action suit in Australia US health giant sued in Australia in a class action case by more than 700 women 04/07/2017
USA A hangover cure that actually works? Two students at Yale University say they have developed a hangover-prevention supplement that actually works. 15/05/2017
USA Baby powder lawsuit: Johnson and Johnson ordered to pay 100 million US multinational Johnson and Johnson has been ordered to pay around 100 million euros to a woman who says the firm’s talcum powder caused her to develop ovarian… 05/05/2017
USA Critics slam 'assembly line executions' in Arkansas Tension is rising in Arkansas as it prepares to put seven prisoners to death over an 11 day period starting from Monday. 14/04/2017
corporate German drugmaker Stada agrees takeover A lengthy takeover process ends with German generic drugmaker Stada agreeing to be bought by investment groups Bain Capital and Cinven. 10/04/2017
corporate Johnson & Johnson pays big for Swiss biotech firm Actelion US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is to buy biotech company Actelion to access its highly profitable range of medicines for rare diseases. 26/01/2017
business planet The vital role of SMEs in medical research This week’s Business Planet comes from the German city of Bonn. 28/12/2016
corporate Britain fines Pfizer record 98-million euros for huge drug price hike Britain’s competition watchdog has fined Pfizer a record 98 million euros for radically raising the cost of an epilepsy drug. 07/12/2016
economy US: EpiPen costs to be slashed for some patients amid wave of criticism Under mounting pressure, pharmaceutical company Mylan says it will slash the costs of emergency EpiPens for some patients in the US. 26/08/2016
corporate Pfizer to buy Medivation and boost cancer drug portfolio Pfizer has outbid Sanofi to buy the US cancer drug company Medivation, thereby acquiring the prostate cancer treatment Xtandi. 22/08/2016
corporate Monsanto rejects Bayer multi-billion dollar bid Monsanto has rejected an offer worth $62 billion (55.6 billion euros) from Bayer trying to create the world's biggest agricultural supplier. 24/05/2016
corporate Bayer 'confident' Monsanto offer will be accepted Germany's Bayer has offered to buy US seeds company Monsanto for $62 billion (55 billion euros) in cash trying to gain the top spot in the fast-consolidating farm supplies industry. 23/05/2016
USA Pfizer blocks drugs sales for use in lethal injections in US prisons Drug companies are saying No to death row. The latest pharmaceuticals giant to restrict sales of drugs used in lethal injections to US prisons is 14/05/2016
economy Pfizer calls off merger with Allergan after US Treasury nixes deal The US Treasury has tightened its rules to prevent companies moving abroad to avoid US taxes. The immediate effect has been for the number one 06/04/2016
corporate Sanofi earnings to be 'stable' despite declining sales French drugmaker Sanofi has pledged its 2016 earnings will be stable despite declining sales of diabetes and cancer treatments. 09/02/2016
USA US: Former drug exec goes silent at medicine prices hearing A former pharmaceuticals chief, who hiked the price of a life-saving medicine by more than five thousand percent, has refused to testify in front of 05/02/2016
economy Millions committed for Ebola vaccine deal Gavi, an alliance committed to saving lives through vaccination, has put up $5 million for future purchases of a vaccine from US drugmaker Merck Sharp & Dohme to help take it through late-stage clinic 20/01/2016
France France: Volunteer left brain dead after clinical drug trial dies in hospital A man left brain dead after a clinical trial in France has now died. He was one of dozens of volunteers at a private facility to have tested an 17/01/2016
France Patient dies following clinical drug trial in France A patient has died after falling into a coma following a medical trial in Rennes, northwest France. Five other people were hospitalised following the 17/01/2016
USA US justice catches up with Martin Shkreli to charge entrepreneur with fraud It appears karma may have caught up with US entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who has been arrested on fraud charges. In 2015 he became the internet’s 17/12/2015
world news Nurofen pulled from shelves as British maker found cheating in Australia A British pharmaceuticals giant has been forced to pull a bestselling product from the shelves in Australia after a court order. Judges ruled Reckitt 14/12/2015
