- GlaxoSmithKline reports Q2 loss on legal costs
GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company by revenue, on Wednesday reported a loss of 304 million pounds ($464 mil...
- Experts urge US to restrict drug Avandia
A majority of members of a key advisory committee recommended Wednesday that the US government allow diabetes drug Avandia to stay on the m...
- Glaxo knew of heart risk from Avandia, report says
Avandia came on the market in 1999 and achieved annual revenue of $3 billion by 2006, including sales of a combination drug that includes A...
- Glaxo, Pfizer’s patent claims turned down
Indian authorities have rejected the patent applications of GlaxoSmithkline’s anti-diabetic drug Avandia and Pfizer’s cholesterol lowering ...
- GSK diabetes drug to carry risk warning
Drug Controller General of India, has asked companies selling diabetes drug rosiglitazone under various brand names to carry a warning on t...
- GlaxoSmithKline to axe 1,000 sales jobs in US
The world's No 2 drugmaker by revenue also will switch from having dual US headquarters to just North Carolina. Shrinking job mkt: The next...
- Glaxo's Viehbacher to leave after missing CEO job
Chris Viehbacher, who lost out to Andrew Witty in the race to lead GlaxoSmithKline Plc is to leave the world's second largest drugmaker on ...
- US regulators warn GlaxoSmithKline
Federal regulators have issued a warning to GlaxoSmithKline for not reporting safety results on its diabetes pill Avandia, which received a...
- Diabetes drug may increase chances of osteoporosis
The popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia may increase bone thinning, a discovery that could help explain why diabetics can have an inc...
- Ranbaxy drug recall seen hitting reputation of Indian generic companies
More than the commercial effects, industry officials are concerned that the development could have implications on the perception of the qu...
- GlaxoSmithKline to slash costs, jobs as profits drop
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday it would cut jobs and costs as it blamed a fall in third-quarter profits on ...
- How Dr Reddy's chased diabetes molecule dream
Dr Reddy’s pursuit of past 13 years for the type 2 diabetes molecule is in its last lap, with the product entering the final phase of clini...
- Panel suggests Glaxo's Avandia can stay
GlaxoSmithKline's shares surge after a panel of US doctors votes to keep the diabetes pill Avandia on the market.
- Safety scare over Glaxo drug fuels talks of tougher laws in US
Law makers are seizing on last month’s study linking GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia and heart risks to press for new US drug-safet...
- Glaxo failed to publicise Avandia risks
GlaxoSmithKline was the drug industry’s top advertiser last year, promoting its asthma and diabetes treatments to patients and doctors. Inf...
- New study adds to worries about diabetes drug class
Another study has found that diabetes drugs intended to help patients live longer, healthier lives may in fact increase the chances they wi...
- New drug could halt progress of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes patients starting out on GlaxoSmithKline’s drug Avandia have a better chance of keeping blood sugar levels within safe limits than...