In the mid-1990s drug firms touted gene sequencing as the solution to the resistance problem.
Similarly, drug firms are struggling to come to grips with cost containment and demanding purchasers.
But he was unable to get any drug firms interested in conducting the necessary large-scale studies.
That has resulted in almost constant lawsuits from generic drug firms trying to copy blockbusters early.
After two decades of trying, drug firms have no replacement for the oft-used breast cancer drug.
Analysts pointed to big drug firms like Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and AstraZeneca as potential bidders.
This would respond to the developing world's accusation that Western drug firms ignore its health problems.
Drug firms have had trouble inventing new medicines, but their biggest problem may be testing them.
On paper, a deal between the two multibillion-dollar French drug firms makes a lot of sense.
It grew up selling chemical intermediates that bigger drug firms used to make pills.
Governments and activists view this dilemma as caused by drug firms elevating profits over people.
These drug firms post healthy profits by tweaking existing formulations and developing proprietary products.
Some drug firms may have been hesitant to give away AIDS drugs in Africa.
Differences in patent law and insurance plans have a big impact on drug firms.
Big drug firms have heaps of know-how that could be harnessed to help the poor.
Drug firms now use an array of promotional techniques to encourage doctors to prescribe their products.
And competition from the generic drug firms that produce copycat versions of patented medicines has intensified.
Even so, argues Charles-Andre Brouwers of the Boston Consulting Group, drug firms need not despair.
For the past century, the biggest drug firms have relied on chemistry to develop pills as medicines.
Moreover, drug firms are testing numerous other approaches to reduce artery inflammation that may prove more effective.
Without big drug firms to push them, generics fall by the wayside--at least until we find them.
Just as bad, India does not yet fully protect pharmaceutical patents, which makes drug firms understandably nervous.
HMOs have the bargaining power to squeeze discounts from their suppliers, whether hospitals, drug firms or doctors.
The big difference lies in who will dole out the money and negotiate with the drug firms.
After Brazil agreed to recognise their patents, in 1996, many foreign drug firms set up manufacturing plants.
Large drug firms have historically avoided the area, figuring the market was small and prospects for success dim.
Nissen consults for many drug firms, including Merck, but he is conducting some very important trials for Pfizer.
But the bill would compel drug firms to make all of their data available on public Web sites.
The American authorities similarly imposed tough conditions on the merger of two Swiss drug firms, Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz.
EU. They want protection from those generic-drug firms tempted to copy their products, which may lack European patents.
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