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Glaxo looking at 5% stake in Dr Reddy’s

London: Western drug makers are stepping up the hunt for emerging market “tigers” in India. UK-based GlaxoSmithKline Plc has emerged as frontrunner for a phased buy-in of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, people familiar with the matter said. A deal could ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER AND QUENTIN WEBB, livemint.com,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  Daiichi Sankyo

New Glaxo orders point to big flu vaccine windfall

London: GlaxoSmithKline Plc won a further 22 government orders for its H1N1 swine flu vaccine in the last two months, taking the total number of doses ordered to 440 million worth some $3.5 billion. The Britain-based drugmaker said on Tuesday first ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, livemint.com,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  Citigroup,  Sanofi-Aventis,  Novartis,  AstraZeneca PLC

Glaxo seen eyeing 5% stake in Dr Reddy’s

Bangalore / London: GlaxoSmithKline is in talks to buy a 5% stake in Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories in a deal likely to be valued at $150 million, an Indian newspaper reported on Friday. The report lifted Dr Reddy’s shares to a 3-1/2-year ...

From SUMEET CHATTERJEE AND BEN HIRSCHLER, livemint.com,  18 Sep 2009
Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc

Scientists make "sugar bug" drug for bowel disease

LONDON (Reuters) - A genetically modified bacterium that turns into a drug-delivery vehicle in the presence of a type of sugar may offer a new way to treat bowel disease, British scientists said on Friday. The new approach uses an engineered form of ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, Boston Globe,  20 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Johnson & Johnson,  UCB

Cannabis chemicals may help fight prostate cancer

LONDON (Reuters) - Chemicals in cannabis have been found to stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory, suggesting that cannabis-based medicines could one day help fight the disease, scientists said Wednesday. After working initially ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, Boston Globe,  19 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Bayer,  Sanofi-Aventis

Stowaway mosquitoes threaten Galapagos wildlife

LONDON (Reuters) - The unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands is under threat from disease-carrying mosquitoes arriving on board growing numbers of aircraft and tourist boats, researchers said on Wednesday. Experts fear the spread of the southern ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, Boston Globe,  14 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Royal Society,  Charles Darwin

Flu drugs little use for children, experts say

LONDON (Reuters) - Children should not routinely be treated with flu drugs like Tamiflu since there is no clear evidence they prevent complications and the medicines may do more harm than good, British researchers said on Monday. They called for a ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, Boston Globe,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc

Study may prompt rethink on schizophrenia drugs

LONDON (Reuters) - Schizophrenia patients given a cheap older drug are less likely to die prematurely than people on newer treatments, despite the older product's well-known adverse side effects, Finnish researchers said on Monday. The finding may lead ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, Boston Globe,  12 Jul 2009
Related Topics: AstraZeneca PLC,  Novartis,  Johnson & Johnson

Daily sex = healthier sperm: study

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From BEN HIRSCHLER, Globe and Mail,  30 Jun 2009

Saturn moon hints it could host life

LONDON - Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could contain watery underground caverns, forming a potential home for alien life, scientists said yesterday. German researchers have found salt - a signature chemical for seawater - in ice grains from vapor jets ...

From BEN HIRSCHLER, Boston Globe,  25 Jun 2009

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