Abbott
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Pharma giant Abbott preparing $25bn bid for device maker St Jude - report
- Health & Pharma
- August 27, 2015, 12:59
Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories is preparing a bid for St Jude Medical that would value the medical device maker at about $25 billion (€22bn), the Finan(...)

Mylan and Perrigo each win backing in hostile takeover battle
- Health & Pharma
- August 16, 2015, 17:32
Mylan appeared to hit a significant hurdle in its quest to buy a fellow drug maker, Perrigo, when an influential advisory firm recommended Friday morn(...)

Mylan defends way it saw off hostile takeover
- Health & Pharma
- August 7, 2015, 01:00
Mylan, the generic drugs group, has launched a staunch defence of the tactics it used to repel a $40 billion hostile takeover attempt by Teva, amid po(...)

Plane debris washed up on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777, a Malaysian official and aviatio(...)

Abbott profit beats estimates on higher sales of generics
- Health & Pharma
- July 22, 2015, 13:58
Abbott Laboratories, which employs almost 3000 people in Ireland, reported a slightly better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher sales o(...)

AbbVie announces €40 million investment in Sligo
- Health & Pharma
- June 29, 2015, 08:21
AbbVie is to expand its medical device manufacturing facility in Sligo, creating 50 highly-skilled jobs over the next four years. The biopharmaceutica(...)

Building a smarter future – from STEM to economy in full bloom
- Sponsored
- May 18, 2015, 01:00
Managed by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) in partnership with Engineers Ireland, the Smart Futures programme is aimed at promoting science, technolo(...)

Indonesia executions: Australia withdraws ambassador
- Asia-Pacific
- April 29, 2015
Australia will withdraw its ambassador from Indonesia in protest at the execution of two of its citizens for drug smuggling.Prime minister Tony Abbott(...)

For your diary
- Economy
- April 20, 2015, 01:00
TODAY Results: Hasbro; M&T Bank; Morgan Stanley; Sanmina. Indicators: Euro zone construction output (Feb); US Chicago Fed national activity index (...)

Milking it: what’s in store for the Irish dairy industry when quotas end
- Food & Drink
- March 7, 2015, 06:00
Ralph Haslam makes the universal sign for crazy by tapping the side of his head with his finger when asked what his neighbours make of his farming (...)