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GSK, Alphabet forge $715m bioelectronics firm

GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet's life sciences unit are creating a new company focused on fighting diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body, jump-starting a novel field of medicine called bioelectronics.

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GSK hopes clinical trial can breath new life into lung drug

GlaxoSmithKline is banking on a major clinical trial to revive its flagging respiratory medicine business, with billions of dollars of sales riding on a positive result.   Data from the so-called SUMMIT study, de

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GSK plans staged roll-out of malaria vaccine

The world's first malaria vaccine, which won a green light last week from European drugs regulators, will be rolled out gradually in Africa, its maker said on Wednesday. "We believe that there should be a thoughtful, stag

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GSK, Novartis complete $20bn asset swap deals

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis said on Monday they had completed a series of asset swaps worth more than $20 billion that will reshape both drugmakers. GSK is forming a consumer health joint venture with Novartis, while at the same

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PE firms mull $10bn merger of older GSK, Sanofi brands

Private equity firms are mulling over a $10 billion plan to buy and merge older drug brands of Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and France's Sanofi, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing sources. U.S.-based KKR and Warbu

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FDA approves GSK's Tanzeum for diabetes

The US Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline's Tanzeum injection for treating adults with type 2 diabetes, in combination with diet and exercise. Tanzeum will carry a warning on its label that tumors of the thy

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GSK to invest $200m in African factories, R&D

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline plans to invest up to 130 million pounds ($216 million) in Africa over the next five years as it bets on the importance of the continent in driving long-term demand for medicine. The decision reflects the

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GSK heart drug misses goal in major study

An experimental GlaxoSmithKline drug, designed to fight heart disease in a new way, failed to meet its main goal in a major late-stage clinical study, dealing a blow to one of the company's biggest new treatment hopes. Darapla

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GSK aims to market world's first malaria vaccine

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will seek marketing approval for the world's first malaria vaccine next year after trial data showed the shot significantly cut cases of the disease in African children.   Th

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China launches crackdown on pharmaceutical sector

China announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicine on Wednesday and said it would tighten industry regulation, piling pressure on a sector already reeling from a bribery scandal at British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.

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