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Shale Gas Needs Regulation, Not Ban

21.11.2012 - EU politicians rejected a ban on shale gas, while calling for a robust regulatory regime to address environmental and other concerns, in a series of votes on Wednesday in the...

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Norway Challenges Russia with New Gas Pricing in Europe

20.11.2012 - Norway's Statoil signed a 10-year gas supply deal with Germany's Wintershall, based on spot prices that challenged Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom, which insists on oil-linked...

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Quo Vadis Europe?

20.11.2012 - Economic Outlook - Chemical and petrochemical companies are fairly pessimistic about the current state and future prospects of the European market, says a new survey conducted on...

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Europe Oil Refining Margins to Return to Reality in 2013

16.11.2012 - European oil refiners can expect margins to come back down to earth in 2013 as global capacity returns, after a rollercoaster this year that saw them soar in the second and third...

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EU Doctors Turn to Last-Ditch Antibiotics as Resistance Grows

16.11.2012 - Doctors are increasingly having to turn to last-ditch antibiotics due to growing drug-resistant superbug infections in Europe, EU health officials said on Friday. The problem is...

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Drugmakers Offer to Cap Greece's Medicines Bill

05.11.2012 - International drug companies have offered to cap the total amount the Greek government has to pay for its medicines in a bid to resolve a crisis that is jeopardising both the...

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Europe Approves High-Price Gene Therapy

02.11.2012 - European officials have approved the Western world's first gene therapy drug from a small Dutch biotech company, in a milestone for the novel medical technology that fixes faulty...

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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...