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Chinese authorities say GSK employees confess to bribery
GlaxoSmithKline has for weeks been saying that it could find no evidence to confirm allegations that any of its employees in China were bribing doctors to buy its drugs. But Chinese authorities claim that not only do they have evidence of corruption, they have confessions from an undisclosed number of GSK employees.
GlaxoSmithKline teams with Immunocore on next-gen cancer immunotherapies
It took more than a decade for the executive team at Immunocore to achieve their first Big Pharma partnership for their new approach to developing revved up immunotherapies for cancer. But it's taken just a couple of weeks to add their second big pact.
GlaxoSmithKline faces new allegations over China Botox sales
GlaxoSmithKline is denying allegations that its employees paid Chinese doctors bribes to prescribe drugs, Botox in particular. Even if the company runs afoul of Chinese authorities over the matter, one analyst said any financial fallout would be too small to matter for its bottom line.
China taking closer look at drug prices, cost structure
Chinese regulators say they will size up the cost structures and pricing of 60 drugmakers, both domestic and foreign, as it figures out what it should be paying for drugs.
GlaxoSmithKline, J&J make early progress with monthly HIV remedies
GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) and Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) have advanced development of injections that could provide HIV treatment without the burden of taking daily pills. And the program provides more evidence of how major drugmakers have teamed up to compete in the blockbuster market for HIV therapies.
Is GlaxoSmithKline's China probe a harbinger of more?
Are more drugmakers at risk of corruption probes in China? After GlaxoSmithKline employees were detained in an investigation of "economic crimes," industry watchers point out that the Chinese government recently reorganized its Food and Drug Administration. The healthcare system is in the midst of reform, with officials keeping an eye out for corruption.
Private equity buyers eye offer for GlaxoSmithKline's drinks brands
Private equity firms Blackstone and Lion Capital are together eyeing an offer for GlaxoSmithKline's drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena.
Chinese police corral GlaxoSmithKline employees in bribery probe
Chinese police rounded up GlaxoSmithKline employees in three cities as part of an investigation into "economic crimes," law enforcement there said in a statement. According to as-yet-unconfirmed reports from Chinese media, the detained workers include at least one foreign executive.
Report: China rounds up GlaxoSmithKline staffers in corruption probe
Hard on the heels of a scandal that forced GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) to fire its R&D chief in Shanghai, news reports are streaming out of China indicating that the police have been rounding up senior staffers of the multinational pharma company in a corruption probe.
UPDATED: Prosensa harvests $78M as biotech IPOs continue to sizzle
Prosensa picked the right day to price its IPO. The Dutch biotech rang up the offering at $13 a share, at the top of the range, raising $78 million after bumping the number of shares on offer to 6 million. The stock will trade on Nasdaq as "RNA."
