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Judge Orders Dow Chemical to Pay $1.2 Billion in Price-Fixing Case

16.05.2013 - A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ordered Dow Chemical on Wednesday to pay $1.2 billion in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products in cars...

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Judge Denies FDA Bid to Stay 'Morning-after' Pill Ruling

10.05.2013 - A federal judge in New York on Friday declined to temporarily halt a court order directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception available over the...

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US Judge Gives Onetime 'King of Biotech' 4 Years in Prison

03.05.2013 - A once prominent biotechnology investor was handed four years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to stock manipulation, the second time he has run afoul of U.S. securities...

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U.S. Sues Novartis, Alleging Kickbacks to Pharmacies

24.04.2013 - The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of...

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Jury Finds Exxon Liable for $236.4 Million in U.S. Pollution Suit

10.04.2013 - A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline...

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Novartis Loses Landmark India Cancer Drug Patent Case

02.04.2013 - India's top court dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis's attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a blow to Western pharmaceutical firms targeting India to drive...

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Arkema Clarification of Kem One Situation

29.03.2013 - The Lyon commercial court has decided to open insolvency proceedings with continuation of activities for a six-month observation period against the company Kem One, corresponding...

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Big Pharma in Nervous Wait for India Verdict on Glivec Patent

27.03.2013 - Global drugmakers, battered by recent intellectual property decisions in India, are girding for a landmark court ruling next week that could have broad consequences for their...