Industry litigation – Page 16
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BusinessHepatitis C drug patent challenged in Europe
Campaign group says Gilead’s expensive blockbuster sofosbuvir is not innovative enough to warrant a patent
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Fatal blast at Indian chemical plant
One worker killed and four injured at Survival Technologies plant in Ankleshwar
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EU regulator calls for generic drug suspensions
The EMA wants hundreds of formulations off the market after identifying systematic fraud in a major Indian contract clinical research organisation
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MFG Chemical fined after worker dies
Company cited for multiple safety failings before the fatal incident
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Ansun settles fraud case for $2m
Executives fiddled timesheets to overcharge US funding agency on grants and research contracts
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BusinessUS poised to approve its first ‘biosimilar’ drug
FDA panel recommends Sandoz’s copy of Amgen’s Neupogen
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EU recommends Parkinson’s drug for approval
First new molecule for a decade, but Alzheimer’s still posing challenges as antibody treatment withdrawn from trials
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EU chemicals regulator scolded over animal testing
Ombudsman says ECHA isn’t doing enough to require alternative, non-animal methods
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Consumer products firms fined for French price fixing
€950m fines for ‘friends clubs’ that pushed up prices for home and personal care products
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Freedom Industries’ president arrested for fraud
Executive whose company leaked MCHM into West Virginian water supplies is charged with lying to deflect blame
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Big pharma opens up abandoned drugs
Seven firms will make 68 stalled compounds available for academic research
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DuPont quantifies scale of deadly chemical leak
10.4 tonnes of methyl mercaptan were released in La Porte, US
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Ranbaxy sues over withdrawn US approvals
Company says decision is ‘unconstitutional’ and deprives it of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue
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BusinessMethyl mercaptan leak kills four workers
Cause of accident at US DuPont plant is still under investigation
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EU warns DuPont and Honeywell over green refrigerants
Commission thinks cooperation may have been anti-competitive
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Judge slashes fines in drug safety case
Takeda and Eli Lilly’s $9 billion damages in diabetes trial reduced to $38 million
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Amgen seeks injunction to protect patents
Sanofi and Regeneron sued over cholesterol-regulating antibodies
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BusinessIndian manufacturers hit back over quality claims
Study showing drugs exported to Africa are substandard prompts backlash from generic drugmakers