* FTSE 100 up 1.6 * BOE cuts interest rates * Hikma slumps after update (Updates prices at close) By Kit Rees and Atul Prakash LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rallied after the Bank of England (BoE) cut interest rates on Thursday, although pharmaceuti
Read more* FTSE 100 up 1.4 * BOE cuts interest rates * Hikma slumps after update (Recasts, adds quote and detail, updates prices) By Kit Rees and Atul Prakash LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rallied after the Bank of England (BoE) cut interest rates on Thursda
Read more(ShareCast News) - Johnston Press shares plunged on Thursday as Numis placed its rating and target price 'under review' after the company swung to a first half loss. For the 26 weeks to 2 July, the company posted a statutory pre-tax loss of £183.7m versus a £2.2m profit the year before, as it booked
Read more(ShareCast News) - Analysts at Citi downgraded their recommendation on shares of Hikma Pharmaceuticals in the wake of the company´s trading update which was issued after the close of trading in London on 3 August. Hikma flagged new drug approvals were arriving more slowly than expected and the phasi
Read more(ShareCast News) - Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals plummeted on Thursday after the drugmaker's overnight warning that delays to new US generic products would lower profits. In a trading update for the first six months of the year that was released almost an hour after the London stock market closed
Read more(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 steady in morning trade * Focus on BoE's rate decision * Hikma slumps after update By Atul Prakash LONDON,
Read more(ShareCast News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals on Thursday said the regulatory approval of its gout medication colchicine has been upheld. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed an earlier decision of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, finding in fa
Read more(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 rises 0.5 pct to 6,728.99 points * Healthcare stocks among top gainers * Admiral Group rises after upgrade, L&G up as
Read more(ShareCast News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals said its wholly-owned US affiliate, West-Ward Pharmaceuticals has launched generic cancer treatment tablets in the US. The Capecitabine tablets, which are the generic equivalents to Xeloda tablets, are indicated for adjuvant treatment in patients with Dukes'
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