Bloomberg Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. sees further acquisitions in the next 12 months as strong revenue and lower capital expenditure restore its firepower after the purchase of two anesthetics portfolios last year. The potential deals will probably be made in the South African company’s existing pharmaceutical markets, with womens’ health a possible area of expansion, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Saad, …

Bloomberg Drugmakers in the UK led by AstraZeneca Plc increased payments to local health-care organizations, doctors and other workers by 25 percent last year, with most of that money going toward research and development, voluntary disclosures by the recipients showed. The spending climbed to 455 million pounds ($590 million) last year, according to a report on Friday from the Association …

Bloomberg Euro-area manufacturing expanded at the strongest pace in over six years as factories across the region took on more workers to deal with surging orders. A Purchasing Managers’ Index climbed to 57.4 in June, up from 57.0 in May and above a June 23 flash estimate, IHS Markit said on Monday. Growth rates improved in most of the surveyed …