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Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant
DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...
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EU fines Lundbeck eight others 146 million euros for blocking cheaper drugs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators fined nine drugmakers a total of 146 million euros ($195.5 million) on Wednesday for blocking the supply of cheaper medicines on the market, with a penalty of 94 million euros imposed on Denmark's Lundbeck. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which said "pay-for-delay" deals ...
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Watchdog accused of hospital cover-up still not fit for purpose chairman admits
The NHS watchdog accused of a covering up its failure to investigate a maternity unit where babies died through neglect is still not "fully set up" to properly inspect hospitals, its chairman has ...
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NCAA favorites San Beda Arellano dealing with health issues
MANILA, Philippines – While the NCAA coaches see San Beda and Arellano as the teams they are mostly concerned with heading into the league’s 89th Season, the Red Lions and the Chiefs also have issues of their own. San Beda head coach Boyet Fernandez doesn’t expect an easy route to his team’s fourth consecutive championship and it only gets tougher with his key player ...
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UPDATE 1-AstraZeneca Bristol diabetes drug disappoints in key test
Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:55am EDT * Onglyza fails to show cardiovascular benefit in study * Positive results might have added $1 bln to peak sales * Drug achieves non-inferiority goal versus placebo By Ben Hirschler LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study, disappointing investors who had thought ...
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Baby Joshua the death that led to police inquiry
But within half an hour, Mrs Titcombe, of Dalton-in-Furness, collapsed. "My wife’s temperature was sky-high so they put her on antibiotics. I kept asking the midwives, 'Does the baby need antibiotics too? Is Joshua at risk?’ said Mr Titcombe. "They kept saying 'No, he is fine, it is your wife you need to worry about’ ...
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MSPs Give younger children sex education to cut teenage pregnancy
Children as young as 13 should be given free contraception and sex education started at a much younger age, according to a controversial report by MSPs today aimed at driving down the rate of teenage ...
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Government considers banning face-down restraint on mental health patients
Ministers are considering banning the use of face-down restraint on mental health patients in England after it emerged that several trusts are employing the procedure two or three times a ...
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Melissa Etheridge Calls Angelina Jolies Mastectomy the Most Fearful Choice You Can Make
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Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, an Indian child in a pink shirt undergoes treatment for encephalitis at a hospital in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Encephalitis is sweeping through northern India, killing at least 118 children in what officials worry could become the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Biswajeet ...
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