New cancer drugs help Johnson & Johnson edges past profit estimates
Pharma giant overcomes patent expiry of arthritis blockbuster Remicade and fallingmedical device sales
Pharma giant overcomes patent expiry of arthritis blockbuster Remicade and fallingmedical device sales
Gains from its acquisition of Swiss biotech Actelion also helped the bottom line
Second quarter earnings beat forecasts despite slight fall in pharma division
Financial stocks among main Dublin movers, with Bank of Ireland up 1.5% and Permanent TSB gaining 3.4%
Company to become leader in medicines treating rare type of high blood pressure
Negotiations between the two companies had ended earlier this month
Miners and technology shares fall most, while travel and energy shares rise in final week
Earlier negotiations between pharmaceutical firms ended a week ago without a deal
Share price had fallen by 7% recently as possible takeover of the firm failed to emerge
Two-week rally driven by rebound in beaten-down banking shares; dollar pauses
Wall Street fluctuates on interest rates rise as Fed says increases will be gradual
Swiss drugmaker Roche also touted as possible buyer for Europe’s largest biotech firm
Trading remains thin ahead of Opec meeting and Italian referendum this weekend
Doubts persist over oil cartel’s ability to agree output cut as Wednesday meeting nears
Acquisition would add to the $246bn of pharmaceutical deals announced this year
British biopharmaceutical company agrees to buy US biotech company
Company has predicted 2015 core earnings growth to be in the mid-to-high-teen percentage range
Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann is said to be eyeing up drinks group
Shire said to be considering a $18bn takeover of Swiss group to boost rare diseases business
Greek stocks fall as Europe’s finance ministers meet in Brussels to discuss financing for the region’s most indebted state
Leaders signal some willingness to compromise on bailout terms for Greece
Shares in US pharmacy Walgreens also hit as it passes up opportunity for Swiss base
US health-care companies may seek to purchase acquirer of Elan to find tax relief abroad
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.7 per cent in early morning trading
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