KENNETH FRAZIER RESIGNS AS CEO OF PHARMA COMPANY MERCK & CO

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• Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kenneth Frazier has decided to step down from his post at the end of June and will be replaced by the Chief Financial Officer Robert Davis

• The drugmaker said Frazier, 66, will continue to serve on its board as executive ch...

CONTINUUS PHARMA BAGS $69.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO MANUFACTURE 3 DIFFERENT DRUGS

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*  This contract was granted by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Health and Human Services
*  It will also be used for construction of the US' first GMP-certified facility for ICM-driven facility of small-molecule marketed drugs, investig...

U.S. PHARMA COMPANY BAXTER TO INVEST RS 100 CRORE TO SET UP GLOBAL R&D HEADQUARTERS IN INDIA

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• Baxter has decided to invest a sum of Rs 100 crore in order to set up its global research and development (R&D) headquarters in Ahmedabad, India

• The company at present has a R&D and information technology (IT) centre in the city of Bengaluru al...

Pfizer MISTAKENLY LEAKS PRIVATE DATA OF DRUG USERS

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• According to cybersecurity firm vpnMentor, the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has suffered data breach courtesy of unsecured cloud storage and mistakenly leaked private data of America’s prescription drug users

• As per vpnMentor, the folder named ...

PFIZER TO INVEST $200 MILLION IN CHINESE PHARMA COMPANY CSTONE

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• According to the statement issued by Chinese pharmaceutical company, it will receive up to $280 million in payments for sugemalimab, and additional royalties

• As per the deal, the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to purchas...