Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced today the successful completion of the tender offer by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("Bristol-Myers") for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ: INHX) ("Inhibitex") at a purchase price of $26.00 per share.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's Biologics License Application for pertuzumab and granted Priority Review.

Get your canvases, paintbrushes and cameras ready - the subject is cancer and you are the storyteller. Lilly Oncology and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) announced the launch of the 2012 Lilly Oncology On Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey Art Competition and Exhibition.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, Sanofi generated sales of €8,508 million, up 8.8% on a reported basis. Exchange rate movements had a negative effect of 0.4 percentage points.

Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced that Apotex has made payment in the amount of $442,209,362 to Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb to satisfy the damages ruling of the Plavix® (clopidogrel bisulfate) patent infringement case against Apotex.

The Roche Group posted strong operating results in a challenging market in 2011. Core operating profit grew faster than sales, and Core Earnings per Share increased by 11% at constant exchange rates (-4% in Swiss francs).

AstraZeneca's revenue in the fourth quarter was unchanged at CER and on an actual basis as exchange rate movements were neutral to reported revenue. Adjusted for the disposal of Astra Tech, revenue growth was 2 percent.