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Shkreli’s Fraud Trial Set for June 2017

15.07.2016 - A US federal judge has set Jun. 26, 2017 as the trial date for Martin Shkreli, the 33-year-old founder of Retrophin and Turing Pharmaceuticals and former CEO of KalaBios as well as...

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Bayer Ups Monsanto Bid by $3 per Share

15.07.2016 - After engaging it what it said were “private talks” with US agribusiness giant Monsanto over the past weeks and “receiving additional information,” Bayer has raised its takeover...

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FDA Halts Cancer Trial After Deaths

14.07.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juno Therapeutics to suspend its Phase II immunotherapy trials with adult patients suffering from relapsed or refractory B cell...

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UK Farmers Denied Second Neonic Exemption

14.07.2016 - Britain’s National Farmers Union (NFU) said it was “deeply disappointed” over the rejection by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of its second...

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ChemChina Extends Syngenta Offer to September

13.07.2016 - ChemChina has again extended, this time until Sept. 13, its $43 billion tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta as well as all...

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UK Drugs Industry Forms Brexit Steering Group

12.07.2016 - The UK pharmaceutical industry and government officials have established a task force to address regulatory concerns and other top issues facing the pharmaceutical sector as the...

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DuPont to Pay $500,000 in Punitive Damages

12.07.2016 - In the second part of the latest trial discharges of the fluorochemical PFOA, or C8, from the DuPont Washington Works in the US state of West Virginia and their impact on drinking...

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San Francisco Bans EPS Disposables

11.07.2016 - San Francisco has passed one of the world’s most comprehensive laws banning the use of single-use plastic products. A sweeping ban on disposable polystyrene foam due to take effect...