Industry litigation – Page 13
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BusinessDuPont shutters US plant where leak killed four workers
La Porte plant will not reopen after fatal methyl mercaptan leak in 2014
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BusinessCalifornian hazard warning website criticised
Site providing information related to state’s Proposition 65 law is ‘inaccurate’ says industry association
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NewsBP’s long legal battle over Deepwater disaster ends
Judge finalises BP’s $20 billion settlement over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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BusinessGilead loses to Merck & Co in hepatitis C drug dispute
US court upholds Merck’s claim to patents related to blockbuster drugs
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BusinessIndian whistleblower pushes for regulatory reform
Although denied a hearing by India’s supreme court, Dinesh Thakur wants to shake up pharmaceutical safety laws
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BusinessIndia bans 344 combination drugs
Manufacturers appeal to courts to allow continued sales of products the government deems risky
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BusinessExxonMobil sued for Clean Air Act violations
Environmental campaigners claim ExxonMobil’s plant emissions harm local residents
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BusinessDow to settle polyurethane price-fixing case
Chemical giant cancels Supreme Court appeal of damages and agrees $835m settlement
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EPA aims to remove flubendiamide pesticide from market
After reassessing environmental impact, the agency wants to withdraw Bayer and Nichino America insecticides
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Illumina to sue Oxford Nanopore over patent infringement
UK firm’s use of pore proteins in DNA sequencing alleged to contravene two Illumina patents
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Glyphosate persistence raises questions
Herbicide remains in water and soil longer than thought, but how that translates to human and environmental risk is unclear
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Pfizer agrees potential $785m fraud settlement
Whistleblower case relates to claims of Wyeth overcharging for acid reflux drugs between 2001 and 2006
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Lilly loses UK patent challenge
Allergan’s cancer drug generics do not infringe patents, say UK courts
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GSK fined for stalling antidepressant generics
UK Competition and Markets Authority deems pay-for-delay deal illegal and imposes £45m in fines
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Seed secrets thief jailed
Chinese born US citizen pleads guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets from DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto
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BusinessGSK scientists indicted for trade secret theft
Two researchers accused of passing research data and manufacturing details to Chinese firm
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BusinessClinical trial death highlights hazards
Pain drug trial has left one dead and five hospitalised in France, with little indication as to the cause of the problems
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Monsanto adds 1000 to job cut tally
Cost reduction plan brings cuts up to 16% of global workforce by the end of 2018
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EPA acts to halt approval of Dow’s Enlist Duo herbicide
US environmental agency wants registration of controversial herbicide halted, pending review of new toxicity data