Europe halts sale of Indian-sourced drug

The European Medicines Agency recalls eight separate generic versions of clopidogrel, used to stop blood clots, in a move that raises concerns about low-cost medicines from the country

• Generics deal ban stripped from health bill
• Lex: Teva / Ratiopharm

SSL eyes buoyant sales despite weaker UK

The personal goods group says recent acquisitions of condom businesses in eastern Europe, combined with continued demand for Scholl footwear in Japan and France will buoy full-year sales

Brown starts agency to export medical skills

Gordon Brown gave a final pre-electoral fillip to healthcare on Thursday with plans to sell the National Health Service’s skills abroad and invest in medical research at home.

FuturaGene investors caught up in UK swoop

Two of the seven suspects arrested in a high-profile insider dealing crackdown are among the biotechnology company’s biggest shareholders

GSK and Pfizer pledge vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer could share up to $1.5bn from deeply discounted sales of their pneumococcal vaccines to the world’s poorest countries as part of a pioneering project

John Kay: How to make money without trying

James Black, inventor of beta-blockers, created more shareholder value than any other European in the post-war period. But this was no part of his intention, writes John Kay

Locums languish after accounting switch

Recruitment agency’s shares fall 25% after new accounting policies leave 2009 pre-tax profits well below City expectations

Impurities to hit GSK vaccine sales

The UK-based pharmaceutical company is set to lose more than one month’s sales of its Rotarix vaccine against gastroenteritis in the US after impurities in the product were discovered