Medications
Insulin gives Denmark's Novo Nordisk a Q1 boost
(AP)—Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S says first-quarter net profit rose 28 percent on strong sales of its diabetic drugs.
May 1, 2013
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Medications
Bayer profits up 11.5 percent on new drugs
German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer AG said Thursday that its net profit rose 11.5 percent in the first quarter as new drugs, led by blood thinner Xarelto, boosted sales.
Apr 25, 2013
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Medications
Drugmaker GSK posts slumping Q1 profits
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.
Apr 24, 2013
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Medications
Novartis posts profit gain thanks to new drugs (Update)
(AP)—Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG reported a 6.7 percent increase in profit for the first quarter Wednesday, boosted by new products and emerging markets.
Apr 24, 2013
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Addiction
Tobacco companies keep people smoking despite UK cigarette tax increases
Raising tobacco prices is one of the most effective means of reducing tobacco use, particularly among price-sensitive smokers such as young people and people with low incomes. But when the UK government has been raising cigarette ...
Apr 16, 2013
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Health
People buy more soda when offered packs of smaller sizes than if buying single large drink
People buy larger amounts of soda when purchasing packs of smaller drinks than when offered single servings of different sized drinks, according to research published April 10 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Brent ...
Apr 10, 2013
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Other
Merck Q4 net profit more than doubles
Merck KGaA saw its profit more than double in the fourth quarter as the German pharmaceutical company benefited from higher prices for its Rebif multiple sclerosis drug and reaped rewards from its ongoing restructuring.
Mar 7, 2013
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Lawsuit charges weigh on Bayer profits again
(AP)—Charges for lawsuits over its birth control pills weighed on Bayer AG's earnings once again during the fourth quarter of 2012.
Feb 28, 2013
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Drugmaker GSK reveals lower profits, restructuring
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.
Feb 6, 2013
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Generic competition, charges cut Merck Q4 profit (Update)
Merck & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 7 percent because of hits from generic competition and one-time charges, and the company pushed back plans to seek approval of a key experimental osteoporosis drug.
Feb 1, 2013
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