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Roche May Face Fines for Lax Drug-Safety Reporting

23.10.2012 - Europe's drugs regulator has started an infringement procedure against Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche Holding to investigate its alleged failure to report fully tens of thousands...

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Cefic Leader Concerned REACH Stifles Innovation

02.10.2012 - Concerns are mounting that REACH legislation leads to EU chemicals companies to forgo research and innovation to stay compliant, said then-Cefic President Giorgio Squinzi during...

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Implant Scandal Sparks EU Medical Device Rule Revamp

27.09.2012 - The European Union said it wants tougher rules governing the safety and monitoring of medical devices after weak EU regulations were partly blamed for a global scandal over French...

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Bayer CEO Says Greek Euro Exit May Help

02.09.2012 - Leaving the euro zone could help Greece to recover economically and prevent the region's debt crisis from spreading, the head of German drugmaker Bayer was quoted as saying in a...

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Painful Birth for Europe's New One-Stop Patent

30.08.2012 - That Europe needs a common patent is patently obvious to Michael Setton, who runs a tiny technology firm in France making wireless sensors that track environmental and biomedical...

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Shale Gas Failure Offers Rescue for EU Green Energy Drive

23.08.2012 - Europe has been unable to repeat the shale gas revolution that has swept the United States, and that could prove to be the unlikely saviour of long-term EU efforts to spur...

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EU Forces Marine Fuel Dilemma for Ships, Refiners

20.08.2012 - A European crackdown on pollution from ships will require billions of dollars worth of investment by shipping firms on filter technology and by refineries on upgrades to produce...

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EU to Charge Servier, Lundbeck over Generics

25.07.2012 - EU antitrust regulators are to charge French drugmaker Servier and Danish peer Lundbeck in two separate cases this week related to blocking the entry of cheaper generic medicines...