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Ben Hirschler

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ARTICLES BY BEN HIRSCHLER

Nestle, the world’s biggest packaged food company, has previously told GSK privately of its interest in Horlicks on several occasions, said people familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters. Photo: Mint

Nestle, other food groups likely suitors for GSK’s Horlicks: report

1 min read . 28 Mar 2018

In this 22 January, 2018, photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, cloned macaques Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua sit in a lab at research facility in China. Photo: PTI

Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys

2 min read . 26 Jan 2018

AMI urged multinational drugmakers to do more to ensure that their suppliers of bulk antibiotic ingredients were complying with rigorous wastewater standards. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Antibiotic resistance: Drug companies told to do more to tackle ‘superbug’ crisis

2 min read . 23 Jan 2018

Vaccitech’s new vaccine works by using proteins found in the core of the virus rather than those on its surface. Photo: Reuters

Google venture arm backs UK universal flu vaccine company

2 min read . 15 Jan 2018

CEO Emma Walmsley sees respiratory drug Trelegy Ellipta as one of three ‘critical’ launches as GSK seeks to fill a revenue gap left by falling sales of Advair. Photo: Reuters

GlaxoSmithKline breathes easier as US FDA approves new respiratory medicine

2 min read . 19 Sep 2017

In Britain Horlicks has largely fallen out of favour and sales are very limited. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

GSK said to consider sale of UK Horlicks business, hold on to India unit

1 min read . 19 Jul 2017

GlaxoSmithKline, artificial intelligence, drug companies, New medicines, drug discovery, Exscientia, drug research, GSK, AI, Sanofi. Photo: Reuters

Big pharma turns to artificial intelligence to speed drug discovery, GSK signs deal

2 min read . 02 Jul 2017

The EMA’s recommendation on the suspension of the medicines tested by Micro Therapeutic will now be sent to the European Commission for a legally binding decision valid throughout the EU. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

EU recommends suspending hundreds of drugs tested by India’s Micro Therapeutic

1 min read . 25 Mar 2017

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a panel session at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. Photo: AP

Impact of job-stealing robots a growing concern among global CEOs at Davos

3 min read . 20 Jan 2017

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, has seen his fortune rise by 50% since announcing plans to leave Microsoft in 2006, despite his efforts to give much of it away. Photo: HT

World’s 8 richest men own as much wealth as half of humanity: Oxfam report

2 min read . 16 Jan 2017

Pfizer was fined for ramping up the cost of an epilepsy drug by as much as 2,600%. Photo: AFP

Britain fines Pfizer record $107 million for huge drug price hike

1 min read . 07 Dec 2016

Worldwide sales of GlaxoSmithKline’s shingles vaccine will reach $1.05 billion in 2021, according to analysts of pharma sector. Photo: Hemant Mishra/ Mint

GSK seeks US approval for potential $1 billion shingles vaccine

1 min read . 24 Oct 2016

Being effectively an ‘inside-outsider’, Emma Walmsley could bring a fresh and more commercially astute perspective to investment decisions. Photo: Reuters/GlaxoSmithKline

GSK picks Emma Walmsley as Big Pharma’s first female CEO

3 min read . 20 Sep 2016

Scientists have long puzzled over soaring allergy rates in developed countries, with many speculating that changing exposure to germs in childhood may be to blame, although the precise mechanism for this remains unclear.

Research links eczema and hay fever to early antibiotic use

1 min read . 06 Sep 2016

File photo. The world’s first clone of an adult animal, Dolly the sheep, bleats during a photocall at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Reuters

Dolly the sheep’s heirs reach ripe old age

2 min read . 27 Jul 2016

Nestle has signed a series of similar deals with other small companies in its bid to create a new kind business that is midway between food and pharmaceuticals. Photo: Reuters

Nestle, on health kick, moves into milk allergy testing

2 min read . 31 May 2016

WHO suspends TB drugs from India’s Svizera Labs on quality fears

1 min read . 19 Mar 2016

A file photo of GSK CEO Andrew Witty. Photo: Reuters

GlaxoSmithKline says CEO Andrew Witty to retire next year

3 min read . 17 Mar 2016

A file photo of a placard from the CannaTech conference, a global summit for accelerating cannabis innovation, in Tel Aviv. GW was founded with the aim of capitalising on the medical benefits of cannabis. Photo: AFP

Cannabis drug success in epilepsy trial lifts GW Pharma shares up

2 min read . 14 Mar 2016

HDL cholesterol is generally associated with reduced heart risks, since it usually offsets the artery-clogging effects of the LDL form. Photo: Hindustan Times

Scientists find good cholesterol can sometimes be bad

1 min read . 11 Mar 2016

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