Procter & Gamble halts SK-II skincare sales in China
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U.S. consumer products giant Procter &  Gamble Co.  has suspended sales of its SK-II skincare  line in mainland China, pending clarification from the quality  watchdog over traces of possibly harmful metals.
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Some of the popular SK-II skincare line  of products made by Procter & Gamble Co.  contain heavy  metals but the amounts are too small to pose any health risk,  South Korea's Food and Drug Administration said on Monday.
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The German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said it has halted its development of a new chemotherapy treatment Taxane, currently in Phase II of clinical trials, after tests showed the product was not sufficiently effective.
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A southern Indian state on Wednesday banned the sale and production of Coke, Pepsi, Sprite and other soft drinks made by the Indian subsidiaries of Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., an official said.
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Russia's embattled Yukos oil giant said it was slashing its oil shipments to China, suspending deliveries to the China National Petroleum Company, because of difficulty in paying for transport costs.
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China's drug watchdog on Friday ordered domestic companies to stop producing and selling Novartis AG's Zelnorm for irritable bowel syndrome and warned patients to stop taking it.
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South Korea's top department stores   halted sales of a popular cosmetics line famous for its skin   whiteners made by U.S. consumer products giant Procter and   Gamble PG.N, while authorities checked for potentially   harmful chemicals.
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China's capital banned ten types of drugs for exaggerated effectiveness, a newspaper reported Friday, amid rising concerns of fake and tainted products in China's food and drug supply chains.
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China's drug watchdog announced Saturday it has suspended the sale of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis in the latest move to hit the country's scandal-ridden drug industry.
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China has suspended all new cigarette and tobacco foreign joint ventures, state media reported Friday, raising doubts over a claim by British American Tobacco that it has approval to manufacture cigarettes on the Chinese mainland.
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SHANGHAI -- Chinese regulators said yesterday they had revoked the licenses of three companies that exported mislabeled drug ingredients and tainted pet food ingredients to the United States and other countries.
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Under pressure for more data on the long-term safety effects of its Intrinsa testosterone patch, Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has withdrawn its application to the US Food and Drug Administration to market the patch.
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Sanofi-Aventis has withdrawn its  marketing application for its Multaq heart arrhythmia treatment  in the European Union, the world's third-largest drugmaker said  on Thursday.
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China is urging Hong Kong to resume the sale of three brands of Chinese toothpaste containing a chemical found in antifreeze, saying the small amounts involved were harmless to people.
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China&#39;s drug safety watchdog has  suspended sales of a drug used to treat acute leukemia and  rheumatoid arthritis, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the  latest in a string of food and drug security scandals.
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A German food distributor has cancelled orders of Thai fruit cocktail products out of fears they may contain genetically modified papaya.
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Russia's embattled Yukos oil giant said it had partly suspended its deliveries to China because its legal troubles have left it without cash to pay transport and customs costs.