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US Supreme Court Rules Against Amgen in Class Action

27.02.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Wednesday to bring class action lawsuits, breaking a line of rulings that had made it more difficult to sue corporate defendants...

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Jury Orders Dow Chemical to Pay $400 Million in Price-fixing Case

21.02.2013 - Dow Chemical on Wednesday was ordered by a federal jury to pay $400 million in a price-fixing case over chemicals used to make a wide range of foam products found in cars...

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Paraguay Ruling Favors Monsanto in Royalties Dispute

20.02.2013 - A Paraguayan judge rejected on Tuesday a request by soy farmers to block Monsanto from collecting royalty payments for use of the biotech company's Roundup Ready seeds in the world...

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Merck to Pay $688 Million to Settle Enhance Lawsuits

15.02.2013 - Merck & Co has agreed to pay $688 million to settle two U.S. class-action lawsuits by shareholders who said they lost money because the company concealed the poor results of a...

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Agriculture Wary as Monsanto Heads to Supreme Court

15.02.2013 - A 75-year-old Indiana grain farmer will take on global seed giant Monsanto at the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a patent battle that could have ramifications for the...

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EU Regulators Charge J&J, Novartis Over Dutch Painkiller Delay

31.01.2013 - EU antitrust regulators stepped up their fight against companies blocking the market entry of cheaper generic medicines, with charges against Johnson & Johnson and Novartis over a...

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Nalco, Wetend Technologies Reach Patent Agreement

15.01.2013 - Nalco, an Ecolab company based in the U.S., and Wetend Technologies, a technology and innovation company based in Finland, have reached a global patent settlement agreement that...

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Swiss Health Insurer Makes Claim Against Bayer Over Yasmin Pill

09.01.2013 - Switzerland's biggest health insurer CSS is supporting a young woman in her claim against Bayer, as the fall-out from alleged side effects of the German drugmaker's contraceptive...