Novartis announced agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on label changes for Gilenya® (fingolimod). The update to the Gilenya prescribing information includes patient selection parameters to aid in the identification of candidates for Gilenya treatment and more specific recommendations for treatment initiation for patients with relapsing forms of MS in the United States.

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK) confirms that it made an offer to the Board of Directors of Human Genome Sciences (HGS, NASDAQ: HGSI) on 11th April proposing to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HGS for US$13.00 per share in cash.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has published its Corporate Responsibility Report, in which the company reiterates its commitment to operate responsibly, openly and transparently and sets out advances made on this agenda during 2011.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced the results from a Phase 3 trial evaluating the company's investigational compound for advanced Parkinson's disease, levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG).

In the first three months of 2012 Group sales rose 2% in constant currencies to 11.0 billion Swiss francs. The Pharmaceuticals Division's sales increased 2% to 8.6 billion Swiss francs. Excluding Tamiflu, sales for the Group and Pharma rose 3%.

Takeda America Holdings, Inc. and URL Pharma have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire URL Pharma - a privately-held pharmaceutical company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an upfront payment of $800 million and future performance-based contingent earn out payments.

UCB is announcing a new initiative for World Parkinson's Disease Day 2012 that is designed to support communication around all aspects of Parkinson's Disease (PD). The Parkinson's Well-Being Map™ is a visual tool designed to help people with PD discuss their health status and well-being with their care teams.