Sanofi says to fight class action bid
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Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis , the target of a lawsuit seeking class-action status filed on behalf of shareholders, on Friday vowed to fight allegations it hid the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia.
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Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday launched a legal challenge against Parmalat&#39;s restructuring plan, hitting back after the bankrupt food group
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Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday launched a legal challenge against a restructuring plan drawn up by Parmalat, hitting back after the bankrupt food group took the world&#39;s biggest bank to court recently.
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A class-action lawsuit said the nationâs largest drugstore chain discriminated against thousands of black employees.
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Mylan Pharmaceuticals vowed yesterday to refile what it says will be a stronger federal complaint against the Food and Drug Administration over a ruling that has forced the company to compete with so-called &quot;authorized generics.&quot;
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South Africa's leading AIDS  treatment lobby is taking the government to court, accusing the  authorities of falling behind their own targets to give drugs  to people with HIV, the group's lawyer said on Wednesday.
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DENVER -- The Federal Trade Commission is to file a lawsuit to try to prevent natural-foods grocer Whole Foods Market from acquiring competitor Wild Oats Markets, the companies said Tuesday.
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GlaxoSmithKline faces a US lawsuit alleging that it covered up negative research on its anti-depressant drug Paxil.
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A U.S. judge is expected on Monday to   rule on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit that   accuses tobacco companies of defrauding smokers into thinking   "light" cigarettes were safer than regular brands, according to   notice sent to lawyers in the case.
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TORONTO - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Sanofi-Aventis said on Thursday a U.S.  judge had set March 4 as the date for the pretrial order in a  dispute over a patent on Plavix, winning the company valuable  breathing space in a key legal fight.
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Drug maker AstraZeneca Plc  AZN.L on Thursday said it has sued generic drug maker  KV Pharmaceutical Co KVa.N over one of its branded high blood  pressure medications.
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Drugmakers went to the London High Court on Monday to challenge a decision by the medicines cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE to restrict access to Alzheimer's drugs on the state National Health Service.
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Whole Foods Market Inc.  and Wild Oats Markets Inc.  said on Tuesday that they would challenge U.S. anti-competition regulators that plan to file a lawsuit aimed at blocking the supermarket chains' proposed merger.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - A court ruling upholding the patent on blockbuster blood-thinning drug Plavix has reignited talk France's Sanofi-Aventis  will bid for its smaller U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. .
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Sanofi-Synthelabo said earlier this month it would push for 100 percent control of its former rival and newly-acquired subsidiary Aventis after the French Financial Market Authority confirmed the success of its ...
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The U.S. Senate pressed ahead on  Wednesday with a business-backed bill to curb class-action  lawsuits, rebuffing attempts to soften the measure that is part  of President Bush's push for sweeping legal reforms.