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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 15 May 2008 19:39 BSTThu, 15 May 2008 22:18:16 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/drugs(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0eb0e02-22a8-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0eb0e02-22a8-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlSir Austin Bide, the former Glaxo chairman who has died at the age of 92, presided over a period of dramatic growth that enabled the company to become one of the world-wide giants of the pharmaceutical industryThu, 15 May 2008 19:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1fec0b0a-22a1-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1fec0b0a-22a1-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlUS regulators have permanently raised the bar for approving new medicines in a way that will force companies to change how they develop drugs, the outgoing head of GlaxoSmithKline warnsThu, 15 May 2008 18:51 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0840430e-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0840430e-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlUK ministers should focus on ensuring that National Health Service patients have choice and that hospitals have financial incentives to improve careThu, 15 May 2008 19:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e52fb92c-229f-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e52fb92c-229f-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlWhen Jean-Pierre Garnier became chief executive of the newly-merged GlaxoSmithKline in 2000, he inherited just two late-stage experimental medicines in the combined portfolioThu, 15 May 2008 18:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90f49ee8-2215-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90f49ee8-2215-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlShares in Allergy Therapeutics rise more than 20 per cent after patients who received its Pollinex Quattro vaccine reported positive resultsThu, 15 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f36ccbf2-21e5-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f36ccbf2-21e5-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlWhen Val Gooding steps down as chief executive of Bupa at the company's annual meeting, it will mark the end of a 12-year association Wed, 14 May 2008 19:50 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf4f4ef8-2036-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf4f4ef8-2036-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlA pioneering clinical trial launched this year by a US-backed research institute may fundamentally reshape relations between payers and the pharmaceutical industry, IMS Health, the healthcare consultancy, warnedTue, 13 May 2008 22:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaeccbaa-1ff9-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaeccbaa-1ff9-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlThe country's largest provider of healthcare for the elderly said it was keen to buy smaller care home competitors as it increased its acquisition facility from £60m to £108mMon, 12 May 2008 18:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c0a29fc-1df1-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c0a29fc-1df1-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlA version of the French pharmaceutical group's blockbuster blood-thinning treatment could be given the go-ahead, which would sharply cut its salesFri, 9 May 2008 20:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdbc4534-1de3-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdbc4534-1de3-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlDunfermline-based eyecare company, Optos has been awarded a European Commission inventor of the year award for its scanning laser technology Fri, 9 May 2008 17:45 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ba50d42-1d26-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ba50d42-1d26-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlPromotional information on medicines produced by British companies must explicitly state that adverse events should be reported amid growing concern from regulatorsFri, 9 May 2008 03:17 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a5d14ee-1c4e-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a5d14ee-1c4e-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe study and use of local plants and products over many generations ought to provide valuable clues for modern drug developers around the worldWed, 7 May 2008 18:33 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62e1e510-1ba8-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62e1e510-1ba8-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe pharmaceutical group is poised to raise a record $9bn from new corporate bonds as part of plans to increase its gearing to finance an ambitious repurchase planWed, 7 May 2008 04:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9681aac-1b8e-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9681aac-1b8e-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlUnited Drug increases underlying first-half profits by 15 per cent in spite of government-imposed price cuts to off-patent drugsTue, 6 May 2008 23:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3587b9b0-1ba7-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3587b9b0-1ba7-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlChinese regulators accused US drug company Baxter of failing to co-operate in an investigation over deaths linked to impurities in blood thinner heparinTue, 6 May 2008 23:13 BST