Meanings of global pharmaceuticals in English

Frazier succeeded Clark as CEO in January after a stint as president and head of Merck's global pharmaceuticals division.

Investing in specialist waste management facilities would strengthen Ireland's hand in attracting more foreign investment, a global pharmaceuticals chief has said.

Greece accounts for only around 1 percent of the global pharmaceuticals market, so the impact on major international companies has been minimal.

China is now the world's second-biggest drug market, behind the United States, and is gaining in importance for global pharmaceuticals companies' growth plans.

In 2007, the company's chairman sought outside help from J. Michael Pearson, who ran the global pharmaceuticals wing of the ­McKinsey consulting group.

China is now the world's second-biggest drug market - after the U.S. - and it is gaining in importance for global pharmaceuticals companies' growth plans.

An accountant by trade, Read joined Pfizer in 1978 as an auditor and rose through the ranks to become head of global pharmaceuticals in 2006.

The largest deal recorded during the year was Warner Chilcott's acquisition of the global pharmaceuticals business of Proctor & Gamble in August for €2.2 billion.

Global pharmaceuticals group Novartis said today its bone cancer drug Zometa was granted a positive opinion by the EU's Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products.