http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC plans to pay $1 billion for the right to future royalties from four respiratory treatments being developed by Theravance Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-irish-biotech-firm-elan-bn.html Medications Mon, 13 May 2013 08:00:09 EST news287650801 International development charity Save the Children is linking up with British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in what both sides say is a unique collaboration to save children's lives in Africa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-children-teams-pharma-giant-gsk.html Medications Fri, 10 May 2013 14:10:02 EST news287412491 British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday said its first-quarter net profit tumbled by almost a third, with the group hit by falling sales and a poor economic climate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-drugmaker-gsk-slumping-q1-profits.html Medications Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:06 EST news286022544 Britain's competition watchdog accused GlaxoSmithKline on Friday of paying off competitors to delay launches of their own versions of GSK's best-selling antidepressant, Seroxat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-uk-alleges-gsk-paid-competitors.html Medications Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:51:59 EST news285591110 British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday unveiled a 13-percent drop in annual net profits and outlined a plan for more restructuring in Europe to deliver greater savings and offset weaker sales across the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-glaxosmithkline-full-year-net-profits.html Other Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:10:01 EST news279373344 A team of researchers from Université Laval, CHU de Québec, and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has discovered a way to stimulate the brain's natural defense mechanisms in people with Alzheimer's disease. This major breakthrough, details of which are presented today in an early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), opens the door to the development of a treatment for Alzheimer's disease and a vaccine to prevent the illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-major-alzheimer-vaccine.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:49:36 EST news277476510 Researchers in the University of Leicester's Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology have identified a cellular mechanism that could underlie the development of tinnitus following exposure to loud noises. The discovery could lead to novel tinnitus treatments, and investigations into potential drugs to prevent tinnitus are currently underway. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-key-cellular-mechanisms-onset-tinnitus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 May 2012 10:31:12 EST news255864662 British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday said it had gone hostile over its $2.6 billion (2.0 billion-euro) takeover bid for US research partner Human Genome Sciences Inc. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-gsk-hostile-bn-human-genome.html Medications Wed, 09 May 2012 07:38:40 EST news255767913 British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday that it would sell a stable of well-known European over-the-counter brands, including Nytol sleep aid, to Belgium's Omega Pharma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-glaxo-key-european-brands-belgium.html Other Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:41:44 EST news251019698 GlaxoSmithKline said on Thursday it had agreed to pay $3.0 billion (2.2 billion euros) to settle long-running disputes with the US government over how the British pharmaceuticals group marketed and developed drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-british-drugs-firm-gsk-drug.html Medications Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:37:10 EST news239528214 South Korea's anti-trust agency has fined drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline three billion won ($2.6 million) for conspiring with a Seoul rival over the sale of drugs, an official said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-drug-firm-gsk-fined-million.html Medications Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:33:14 EST news238649580