With the loss of exclusivity for its blockbuster heart drug, Diovan, coming in September, management focused on the company’s long-term prospects during a fourth quarter financial update.
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Funding for private biotech companies in Europe declines 17% during 2011, while funding for public biotech companies falls 50%, although 2012 starts strongly.
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Industry welcomed the initiatives, which included making National Health Service clinical data more widely available and strengthening NICE's role.
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German reimbursement authority’s strong emphasis on drugs’ added benefit is logical, opines Grunenthal CEO Harald Stock. And all health care systems will eventually move the same way.
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