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Pfizer to Acquire Anacor for $5.2 Billion

Pfizer will acquire California-based Anacor Pharmaceuticals - the maker of a new eczema treatment - in a deal worth $5.2…

9 years ago

Pfizer Wants to Prevent Its Drugs Being Used in Lethal Injections

Pfizer has decided to take steps to prevent its drugs being used in lethal injections. In a statement published on…

9 years ago

Pfizer Scraps Allergan Deal amid US Tax Law Change

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has scrapped a planned merger with Ireland's Allergan amid plans to change US tax laws. The decision…

9 years ago

Pfizer Buys Allergan for $160 Billion

Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160 billion in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in…

9 years ago

Allergan Confirms Preliminary Merger Talks with Pfizer

Allergan has confirmed it has held preliminary talks about a takeover by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The Dublin-based Botox-maker said no…

9 years ago

Trumenba: Meningitis vaccine approved in US

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a vaccine for the first time for the deadly type of meningitis that…

10 years ago

AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s final takeover offer

AstraZeneca has rejected an improved "final" takeover offer from Pfizer. US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had made a new offer of…

11 years ago

Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca questioned by politicians

Pfizer's bid for AstraZeneca is being questioned by senators and Maryland and Delaware governors. Maryland and Delaware governors have written…

11 years ago

AstraZeneca rejects new takeover offer from Pfizer

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has rejected the new takeover offer from Pfizer. Pfizer had earlier raised the price it was offering…

11 years ago

AstraZeneca shares rise by 14% after Pfizer confirmed takeover bid

AstraZeneca’s shares rose by more than 14% on Monday, after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer confirmed its interest in a takeover bid.…

11 years ago

Pfizer confirms interest in AstraZeneca takeover

Pfizer has confirmed it has contacted AstraZeneca over a possible multi-billion dollar takeover. The pharmaceutical said it made an initial…

11 years ago

Pfizer pays $491 million to settle Rapamune illegal marketing case

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has agreed to pay $491 million to settle a probe into illegal marketing of a drug by…

11 years ago

Pfizer pays $60 million to US government over bribe charges

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has paid the US government $60 million to settle charges alleging it paid millions of dollars in…

12 years ago

Alzheimer’s drug bapineuzumab shelved after trial failure

US pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson say they will stop development of Alzheimer's drug bapineuzumab, because it failed…

12 years ago