Novartis' Marketing Practices Scrutinized by US Prosecutors

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The Swiss company, Novartis AG, announced that U.S. (federal) prosecutors are currently investigating its marketing practices, especially related to the drug known as Tekturna (Rasilez), a hypertension medicine, according to an article by Ryan Flinn in …
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Samsung, Krka, DuPont, Campbell: Intellectual Property

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Krka Group d.d., Slovenia's biggest drug company, was ordered to pay almost 630,000 euros ($ 846,000) to Merck & Co. (MRK) after a Finnish appeals court overturned a ruling on patent infringement of Merck's Singulair asthma treatment. Krka failed to …
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McGreevey talks Chris Christie; ally at Super Bowl

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Last year, Christie named McGreevey to a state task force on opiate addiction and met with him to discuss Integrity House, a drug-treatment center where he's an addiction recovery specialist. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo is figuring …
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Professor Uses Chemistry and Protein Research to Battle Disease

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“I came to know a family that was suffering from a genetic disease called spinocerebellar ataxia,” said Lee, who joined the UT Dallas faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry in the fall. “It is a neurodegenerative disease for which there is no …
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