AstraZeneca has entered into a three-year collaboration agreement with IMS Health, the leading provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare sector, to advance the use of real-world evidence based on observational and retrospective studies throughout Europe to inform the delivery of effective and cost-efficient healthcare.

Millions of resolutions come with every New Year, many of which are to get healthy. But, there's a lot of confusion around what constitutes healthy nutrition, which is a key piece of the puzzle.

One year after the opening of its U.S. Innovation Center, Bayer HealthCare is expanding its U.S. research model. The company will open the CoLaborator™ - a 550 square meter shared lab for start-up life science companies whose technology platforms, drug targets or drug candidates align with Bayer's portfolio.

During a routine consensus collection process, confidential Company information was inadvertently embedded in a spreadsheet template sent to the sell-side analyst community that follows the Company.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq:INHX) have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Inhibitex for $26.00 per share in cash pursuant to a cash tender offer and second step merger.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of the Company's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevnar 13®* (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine [Diphtheria CRM197 Protein]) as a single dose for use in adults.

Boehringer Ingelheim intends to invest 70 million Euro to expand its manufacturing plant in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Park in Shanghai into a strategically important supply center for China. The goal of this project is to bring more health to more patients and to continuously improve Boehringer Ingelheim's product competitiveness and enlarge its market share.