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FTC clears Sun Pharma's $4B purchase of competitor Ranbaxy
Sun Pharmaceuticals will sell the rights to one generic drug as part of its purchase of competitor Ranbaxy Laboratories, U.S. antitrust regulators said Friday.
Jan 30, 2015
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Medications
Sanofi builds $75 mn factory in Vietnam for ASEAN markets
French drugmaker Sanofi said Friday that it had begun building a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam to serve the expanding pharmaceutical market in southeast Asia.
Mar 29, 2013
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Medications
Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy faces new US regulation woes (Update 2)
Shares in Indian generic drugs giant Ranbaxy Laboratories crashed by as much as 35 percent on Monday after the US Food and Drug Administration suspended imports from one of its factories.
Sep 16, 2013
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Medications
Syria drug shortages threaten health catastrophe
Not only is Syrian father Motaz struggling to put food on the table, he must also pay astronomical prices to import insulin for his diabetic son because of drug shortages in the war-torn country.
Sep 18, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Pathway controlling cell growth revealed
A Melbourne-based research team has discovered a genetic defect that can halt cell growth and force cells into a death-evading survival state.
Feb 18, 2013
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Medications
China suspends sale of drugs in unsafe capsules
(AP) -- China's State Food and Drug Administration has suspended the sale of 13 drugs that it says are believed to have been made with capsules that contain excessive chromium.
Apr 16, 2012
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Medical research
Blood factories closer to reality
Blood cells grown in large vats from a starter stock of stem cells could one day supplement or even replace blood taken from human donors. However, existing protocols for making red blood cells (RBCs) in the lab can't be ...
Nov 30, 2018
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Vaccination
Africa CDC says FDA announcement on J&J issues imminent
The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday he expects an update in coming days from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the factory contamination issues that have delayed millions ...
Jun 3, 2021
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Health
Russia finds horsemeat in sausages
Russia said Wednesday it had found horsemeat in a shipment of pork sausages imported from Austria in its first known case of horsemeat contamination as the scandal spread further across Europe.
Feb 27, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
GM, Ford finish making 80,000 ventilators
(HealthDay)—General Motors and Ford have completed U.S. government contracts to make 80,000 medical breathing machines for the U.S. government to help treat COVID-19 patients.
Sep 2, 2020
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