Today’s Issue Cluster: Pharma
India – Gandhi Heir Emerges as Threat to Modi
Water – CA Braces for Unending Drought
Oil – Goldman Sachs: Market has ended two years of oversupply
EZ – Mar: Exports Fall, But Not as Fast as Imports; -1.3%, -2.7% / WSJ / eu *
US – Apr: Consumer Prices Rose; +0.4% from +0.1% / WSJ / R / B *
US – Apr: Industrial Production Rebounds; +0.7% from -0.9% / WSJ / B
US – Apr: Housing starts, building permits increase; +6.6%, +3.6% / R / WSJ
India – Investors Bank on Distressed Debt WSJ *
India – Modi struggles to realise dreams FT *
India – Modi reforms flicker in rural areas R *
India – Gandhi Heir Emerges as Threat to Modi B *
RBI – India’s central bank warns on stimulus overuse FT
India – Rajan’s bank debt headache isn’t over yet B *
India – Passes national bankruptcy law FT *
Water – Indian farmers battle crisis FT *
Water – India’s shortage owes more to bad management than drought E *
Water – Africa Faces Worst Drought in Half a Century S *
Water – CA Braces for Unending Drought NYT
Oil – Brent extends rally to near $50 on supply fears FT
Oil – Goldman Sachs: Market has ended two years of oversupply B / R *
Oil – Drillers Betting Three-Month Rally Is Nearing the End B *
Oil – Record Debt as Borrowing Costs Decline B *
Oil – Companies Are Still Paying Their CEOs to Pump WSJ *
Oil – Research cutbacks hit ability to invest FT *
Oil – Canada Wildfire Prompts New Evacuation WSJ
Oil – Canada: A catastrophe increases tensions E *
Oil – Nigeria: ‘The big worry’ B *
Oil – Libya: The scramble for Sirte E *
Oil – Percent of Exports; 99.8% of Iraq’s, 97.7% of Venezuela’s / *
Pharma – Biotech groups sink their teeth into the Big Apple FT *
Pharma – US drugmakers say they bear an unfair burden FT
Pharma – Drug Spending Climbs WSJ *
Pharma – Prices Keep Rising Despite Intense Criticism NYT
Pharma – The Complex Math Behind Spiraling Prices NYT
Pharma – Insurers Push to Tie Drug Prices to Outcomes WSJ
Pharma – Companies See Scale as the Only Way to Compete NYT
Pharma – Drugmakers Place Big Bets on Cancer Medicines WSJ
Pharma – Vaccines are among best-sellers FT / FT *
Pharma – Globalisation of manufacturing raises concerns over quality FT
Pharma – Knockoffs of Biotech Drugs Bring Paltry Savings WSJ *
Pharma – In China’s tougher drug market, minnows open back door R
Pharma – Indian Drugmakers Target Niche Markets WSJ *
Pharma – Drug resistance threatens Asia’s health and economy N * *
Chart of Viagra’s uplifting effect on drug prices q *
