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For most of us, the very mention of "swine flu" brings about feelings of fear, or at the very least thoughts of fevers, congestion, annoying coughs and stuffy noses.

Novartis announced that it received approval from the German regulatory authorities for its adjuvanted cell culture-based Influenza A 2009 monovalent vaccine, Celtura.

Novartis plans to invest $1 billion during the next 5 years to increase R&D activities in China, including a significant expansion of The Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research in Shanghai.

Roche Holdings AG , maker of the Tamiflu antiviral treatment, is under investigation in South Korea for its alleged involvement in illegal sales of the drug as the number of swine flu cases jumped.

BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said Thursday it has received regulatory approval in Germany for a new swine flu vaccine produced using cell cultures instead of egg-based methods.

Novartis continued its mega-investments in China by announcing it will spend $250 million to expand its global technical center in Changshu, and it will also pay $125 million to buy a 85% stake in a privately held China vaccine company, Zhejiang Tianyuan.

Six projects - from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the USA - recognized by this year's Novartis Energy Excellence Awards Substantial energy savings and reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions achieved by record number of project submissions Novartis has announced the winners of its annual Energy Excellence Awards , which recognizes associates who ...

Ltd. Privately-held Tianyuan sells vaccines against diseases such as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, or HFRS, caused by hantaviruses, and conducts research into "various preventable viral and bacterial diseases," Novartis said.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced on Tuesday that it would invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in China over the next five years, with a main aim to increase R&D activities in the country.

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NOVARTIS AG yesterday signed a deal with the Shanghai government to invest an additional US$1 billion over five years in the drug maker's third-biggest research and development center in the world.

Technically, Human Genome Sciences has one drug for sale, but it's between shipments of ABthrax, its anthrax treatment, to the government, so Human Genome's earnings release Thursday was rather dry.

The focus of AstraZeneca 's earnings report illustrates the nature of polar opposites with one-time gains and new drugs.

Human Genome Sciences Inc. narrowed its third-quarter losses by a third, partly by increasing its revenue by 61 percent.

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its partner Novartis AG will not move ahead with optioning a license to a potential hepatitis C drug.

Drugmakers say they are on track to deliver as much H1N1 swine flu vaccine to the United States as they promised, despite concerns over production.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG is on track to deliver pandemic H1N1 swine flu vaccine to the United States in line with its commitments, despite low yields of the initial seed virus, it said on Thursday.

Novartis announced today the completion of the new 1 megawatt solar array near its Vacaville biopharmaceutical site.

Swiss pharmaceutical giants Roche and Novartis are spending millions of dollars in an effort to influence United States politicians tackling health care reform.