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  • Merck donates five mobile compact labs for detecting counterfeit medicines to Zambia

    To help improve health care in Zambia, the Global Pharma Health Fund, a charitable initiative funded by Merck, has donated five mobile compact laboratories to the Health Ministry in the capital city of Lusaka to help detect counterfeit medicines.

    five | 24 April 2012

  • Clinical trial data support use of Levemir in children aged two to five years

    New clinical trial data just published in Pediatric Diabetes show that Levemir (insulin detemir), Novo Nordisk’s basal insulin analogue, is an equally efficacious treatment option for two to five year-old children with type 1 diabetes, compared wit…

    five | 23 March 2011

  • FivePrime in alliance with GSK

    FivePrime Therapeutics announces that it has formed a focused strategic drug discovery alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This collaboration gives GSK exclusive access to Five Prime’s drug discovery platforms specifically in the areas of sarcope…

    five | 17 August 2010

  • Actavis Launches High Blood Pressure Drug

    Actavis Group has announced the launch of Lercanidipine in five European countries. The drug is mainly used to treat high blood pressure. The company launched the product under its own brand name on day one in the UK and France, where the patents…

    five | 04 February 2010

  • Pall presents five-year business plan

    Pall Corp hosted an investor conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City late last month. The company presented its five-year strategic business plan for fiscal 2009 - 2013 to a group of financial analysts. The presentation was also …

    five | 18 November 2008

  • Tyrosine kinase inhibitors to generate five blockbusters by 2013

    A new study by Cutting Edge Information says tyrosine kinase inhibitors may have five oncology drugs with annual sales over $1 billion by 2013. This list of blockbuster oncology drugs includes Novartis' Gleevec. Annual sales of Gleevec are pr…

    five | 16 September 2008

  • Singapore’s MTI Commits S$7.5 Billion to R&D Over Five Years

    The Ministry of Trade & Industryb (MTI) will set aside S$7.5 billion over the next fi ve years to sustain innovation-driven growth through economic-oriented Research & Development (R&D). MTI’s R&D plans are mapped out in the Science & Technology…

    five | 01 April 2006