Roche files complaint against Ventana defense
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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG  has lodged a complaint against Ventana Medical Systems Inc. , claiming the U.S. company is using an unfair defense against its hostile takeover offer.
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Ventana Medical Systems said that its board had rejected an unsolicited $3 billion cash tender offer from the Swiss drug maker Roche Holding.
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The pharmaceutical sues over patent infringement.
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A firm providing phone and TV services to hospital patients has been accused of pressurising vulnerable people.
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The Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche signalled Friday that it was ready to consider increasing its three billion dollar offer for US health diagnostics specialist Ventana Medical Systems.
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British bank HBOS announced it would file a complaint to the European Commission regarding Santander Central Hispano's (SCH) multi-billion-pound bid for Abbey National due to competition issues.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury on Tuesday found that Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG failed to adequately warn a patient of the bowel disease risks associated with its potent acne medicine Accutane and awarded him $2.5 million in damages.
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Wyeth  said on Monday it will  sue Teva Pharmaceuticals USA  for alleged patent  infringement and said it received an approvable letter from U.S  regulators for bazedoxifene, a drug that helps prevent  post-menopausal osteoporosis.
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A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Boston yesterday on behalf of Massachusetts smokers demands that Philip Morris USA Inc. pay for computerized chest scans for its customers in an effort to detect early-stage lung cancer.
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Roche Holding AG  has overcome Ventana's  resistance to its takeover bid by raising the price, acquiring the diagnostics maker for $3.4 billion to boost its cancer testing business.
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A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been  launched against Pfizer Inc. alleging that its arthritis drug  Celebrex caused cardiovascular side effects, the law firm  launching the suit said on Friday.
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Roche Holding AG  has agreed to  buy Ventana Medical Systems Inc  for $3.4 billion to  boost its diagnostics business, the Swiss drugmaker said on  Tuesday, raising its earlier bid.
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Merck &amp; Co., the drug maker defending about 27,000 lawsuits filed by users of the painkiller Vioxx, was accused in a Canadian lawsuit of failing to warn consumers its bone drug Fosamax may damage jaw bones, a law firm said.
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Roche Holding AG  has overcome Ventana's  resistance to its takeover bid by raising its price, acquiring the diagnostics maker for $3.4 billion to boost its cancer testing business.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey  - An Argentine tennis star on Tuesday sued a multivitamin manufacturer for a contaminated product that he said led him to fail a steroid test and caused significant damage to his career and earnings.
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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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U.S. regulators said on Tuesday they have sued the marketers of the widely advertised "CortiSlim" weight-loss supplement and are seeking to force them to reimburse customers.