Top European pharma firms confirm EU antitrust probe
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Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca and British peer GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday they had been approached by EU regulators as part of an antitrust probe into the pharmaceutical sector.
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THE future of AstraZenecaâs blood-thinning medicine, Exanta, was thrown into fresh doubt last night after Franceâs leading drugs regulator confirmed that it was reviewing the medicineâs approval status.
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Some of the world's largest drug firms have been raided in a European probe into the use of patents.
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Merck &amp; Co.'s board of directors said Wednesday that a 20-month investigation funded by the pharmaceutical company found that senior management acted responsibly in its development and marketing of its now withdrawn pain reliever Vioxx.
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European Union antitrust regulators cleared Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.
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The pharmaceutical's settlement ends a government probe.
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Novartis AG has received European Union approval for flu vaccine Optaflu, the Swiss drugmaker said Wednesday.
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European and U.S. regulators said Tuesday they have been investigating a possible cartel involving makers of liquid crystal display monitors.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc , Europe's  biggest drugmaker, is set to seek European Union approval for  its experimental breast cancer drug Tykerb, a spokesman said on  Sunday.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc's  plan to buy biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15 billion.
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The acquisition by Microsoft and Time Warner of a company with a significant portfolio of patents covering digital rights management technologies generates scrutiny by European antitrust regulators. The main focus of the investigation: Microsoft. By Wendy M. Grossman.
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An investigation has been launched to investigate whether drug firms have been fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines
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European officials investigating the chip maker say they have a watertight argument for pursuing antitrust charges.
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GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L won a   partial victory from a European Union court on Wednesday in its   bid to stop Spanish drug wholesalers from re-exporting its   medicines at high premiums.
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Novartis has become the first company to win approval for a copy of Johnson & Johnsonâs Eprex anemia treatment, allowing it to offer cheaper versions to Europeans.
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The European Commission has ordered a full-scale probe into the safety of five remaining Cox-2 arthritis drugs, following last month's worldwide withdrawal of Merck & Co Inc.'s Vioxx.
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The European Commission said on  Tuesday it was satisfied with investigations carried out by  Hungary into the origin of the lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu  found in that country and a possible link to a case in Britain.