Dez 14, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, pharmaceutical industry
Costs for research and development of medicinal products have increased tenfold over the past three decades up to GBP 1.2bn, a survey, carried out by British company The Office of Health Economics and financed by the pharmaceutical industry, revealed. In the 1970s the...
Dez 10, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, market knowledge, pharmaceutical industry
According to surveys the global market for vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements has a business volume of $30bn (approx. EUR 23bn). Lately, this figure was recognized by pharmaceutical companies, consumer goods industry and food companies. Now, they compete for...
Dez 9, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical industry wants to counteract its image as cost drivers. „We are capable of doing more than just charging prices for medicinal products“, Hagen Pfunder, head of the Association of Pharmaceutical Research Companies (VFA), emphasized at the...
Nov 30, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, new business, pharmaceutical industry
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a thorne in the side of many pharmaceutical companies. Its effectiveness is in doubt and in competition with synthetically manufactured drugs. But this medical science – which includes herbal treatments and acupuncture – is...
Nov 1, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, market knowledge, pharmaceutical industry
Biopharmaceutical development projects are on the rise and have more than doubled in the last five years according to Dr. Frank Mathias, CEO of vfa bio. The pipeline of biopharmaceuticals is filled so good: Overall, 556 products with genetically engineered drugs are...
Sep 27, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, market knowledge, pharmaceutical industry, services
The pharmaceutical wholesalers Andreae Noris Zahn AG (Anzag) has a new name. This has long been the desire of British owner Alliance Boots. With the name change to Alliance HealthCare AG Germany is also an enhancement of the associated activities of the company. The...