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Poorest WTO members win new patent-rule waiver The globe's poorest nations have won an eight-year extension of a waiver on intellectual property rules, but still need to hold talks on the vexed issue of pharmaceutical patents.

13 June 2013

UPS to pay $40 million for illegal pharma shipments UPS Friday agreed to forfeit $40 million and implement a compliance program after a Department of Justice probe found the company delivered drugs on behalf of illegal online pharmacies.

30 March 2013

Kazakhstan’s pharmaceutical market to grow 15 percent in 2013 The volume of Kazakhstan pharmaceutical market makes $1.2 billion; it has been maintaining an upward trend for several years already.

11 March 2013

US drug firm Mylan to buy Indian firm for $1.6 bn US generic drugs specialist Mylan said Thursday it would buy a unit of India's pharma firm Strides Arcolab for $1.6 billion, boosting its presence in the high-growth injectable drugs market.

28 February 2013

Pfizer unit Zoetis makes strong market debut Zoetis, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's animal-health division, made a dramatic debut on Wall Street Friday as the biggest initial public offering since Facebook.

02 February 2013

Turkish Abdi Ibrahim bought Kazakhstan pharmaceutics company Turkish company Abdi Ibrahim has purchased 60 percent in Kazakhstan’s Global Pharm.

18 October 2012

Kazakhstan and Macedonia to jointly produce medicines Chairman of Samruk-Kazyna and President of Macedonia discussed mutually beneficial investment opportunities.

10 July 2012

Kazakhstan scientists in search for investors to produce validol Kazakhstan scientists have developed a technology to produce validol of high purity.

29 June 2012

British pharmaceutic company to help Kazakhstan fight against drug counterfeit Kazakhstan Minister of the Healthcare and General Manager of GlaxoSmithKline CIS signed the Memorandum on pharmacological support.

30 May 2012

Mobile pharmacies will reach remote areas of east Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Healthcare Department is mulling creation of the certified mobile pharmacies in east Kazakhstan.

19 March 2012

Polish Polpharma to buy Kazakhstan's Khimfarm Representatives of the two companies will sign an agreement ton purchase a majority stake of Khimfarm on September 20.

20 September 2011

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