Posts Tagged ‘CSL’

Sabine Vollmer

Patient advocate: FTC opposition to Talecris takeover is "ridiculous"

Monday, June 1, 2009, 8:31 pm By Sabine Vollmer

A treatment for an inherited protein deficiency that causes lung and liver disease features prominently in the Federal Trade Commission’s request to block the $3.1 billion takeover of Talecris Biotherapeutics, one of the Research Triangle’s largest drugmakers.

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Sabine Vollmer

Complaint: Producers keep prices for blood-based drugs high

Thursday, May 28, 2009, 7:30 pm By Sabine Vollmer

Antitrust regulators alleged in a complaint filed Thursday that the two largest producers of four life-saving medicines made from blood plasma have figured out ways to keep prices high.

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Sabine Vollmer

Talecris sale to be blocked

Monday, May 25, 2009, 8:59 pm By Sabine Vollmer

The $3.1 billion offer for Talecris Biotherapeutics, one of the Triangle’s largest drugmaker, raised antitrust questions from the very beginning.

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