Industry litigation – Page 20
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Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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Couple charged in GSK corruption investigation
Two private investigators have been charged with breaching the privacy rights of Chinese citizens
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Obama mandate calls for safer chemical facilities
Agencies need to work together more effectively to improve safety
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Antiviral patents released by Roche
Firm will supply cheap drugs and allow generics in developing countries
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India revokes more pharma patents
Original molecule patent stands, but a new salt form is ‘not innovative’
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Lilly freezes pay as patent cliff looms
Drugmaker targets $400 million savings as two key patents near expiry
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GSK under investigation over corruption in China
Police claim executives engaged in bribery and tax-related crimes
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Texas plant explosion prompts calls for stricter rules
The incident was caused by unregulated and improper storage of ammonium nitrate, investigators find
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Biosimilar drugs step up complexity
First generic monoclonal antibodies recommended for approval in Europe
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Ups and downs for erectile dysfunction drugs
First new drug in a decade approved in Europe as Viagra patent expires
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NHS to offer breast cancer prevention drugs
Five-year course of tamoxifen or raloxifene recommended for high risk women
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Companies urged to publish hidden clinical trial data
Researchers could acquire data and publish themselves if firms refuse
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GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation
Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’
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Pfizer and Takeda win $2.15bn in patent payout
Teva and Sun fined for selling generics before patent expiry
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Big data to sniff out drug marketing fraud
US Food and Drug Administration wants to track promotional spending to spot off-label marketing
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$500m fine over generics fraud for Ranbaxy
Company has pleaded guilty to fabricating data and producing substandard drugs
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GSK partners Save the Children for Africa project
Company and charity will work together to provide medicines for the developing world
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Clinical trial data release blocked by companies
Abbvie and Intermune sue the European Medicines Agency to stop it making data public
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Judge reverses jury decision over $6.5m Takeda payout
Not enough evidence to link diabetes drug to bladder cancer, the company claims