Tag Archives: Europe

European Pharma Bets on Greek Salvation

By Guest Blogger | Published: November 19, 2012
The French philosopher Pascal calculated that it was better to believe in God than to disbelieve. After offering the country a €2.88 billion cap on drug spending, it looks like European pharma is taking that view with regard to Greece. Reflector reports. The European pharma industry looks like it is accepting Pascal’s Wager in Greece. It [...]
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Pipeline Report Preview

By Reid Paul | Published: November 14, 2012
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Monsanto's Rat Tumor Scare: A Wake-Up Call for the Pharma Industry?

By Guest Blogger | Published: September 25, 2012
ARE Monsanto’s RAT-TUMOUR SCARES A WAKE-UP CALL TO THE PHARMA INDUSTRY? By Reflector, Brussels correspondent. The furore that burst across Brussels in late September over reported findings of tumors in rats fed with genetically modified maize may seem only tangentially related to the concerns of European pharmaceutical executives — but the significance of the debate it has [...]
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GSK's Andrew Witty: Further Concerns for Europe

By Julian Upton | Published: November 30, 2011
GSK’s Andrew Witty underlined his growing concerns with the business climate in Europe with his comments to the UK’s High Pay Commission last week. The Commission, set up by left-wing pressure group Compass, reported on the ‘corrosive’ effects of ‘boardroom excess’ and called for greater transparency in the setting of executive pay. The pay of [...]
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Election Landslide: What Now for Spanish Healthcare?

By Julian Upton | Published: November 22, 2011
The fact that the eurozone is in a tailspin is hardly ‘news’, but when heads start rolling as fast as they have done recently in Greece, Italy, and now Spain, it leaves the unsettling feeling that the heat on an already intense situation has been turned up one more notch.
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