Health

A look at where companies stand on marijuana business

When Canada legalized recreational marijuana in October, it emerged as the world leader in the industry—and U.S. companies are scrambling to get in on the action. Uruguay may have been the first country to legalize pot, ...

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Canadian cannabis firms agree to merge to create pot giant

Canadian cannabis grower and seller Aurora Cannabis announced Wednesday a friendly acquisition of CanniMed Therapeutics in a deal valued at an estimated Can$1.1 billion (US$890 million) to create a global pot behemoth.

Medications

Shares of India's Ranbaxy slide 19% on new US FDA ban

Shares in one of India's biggest drugmakers, Ranbaxy Laboratories, slid 19 percent Friday after the US Food and Drug Administration suspended imports from a fourth manufacturing plant of the firm.

Medications

US drugs firm Mylan completes $1.75 bln India buyout

US generic drug specialist Mylan said Thursday it had completed its $1.75 billion acquisition of a unit of India's Strides Arcolab, boosting its presence in the high-growth injectable drugs market.

Medications

US health watchdog curbs exports from India's Wockhardt

The US health regulator has restricted exports from a plant owned by Indian generic drugmaker Wockhardt in the latest ban on its products, sending the company's shares tumbling 14 percent on Wednesday.

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