European Antitrust Regulators Raid Large Drug Makers
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European regulators raided some of the continentâs biggest drug makers in an inquiry over whether patent disputes and lawsuits are keeping generic products off the market.
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The maker of generic drugs gets sued twice in one week.
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UK authorities have raided British  Airways Plc as part of a transatlantic investigation into an  alleged cartel over airfares and fuel surcharges which saw BA  suspend two senior executives.
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The European Commission launches new investigations into whether Microsoft breaks competition laws.
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Legislation requiring safety testing of tens of thousands of chemicals comes into effect across the EU.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market, and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a new law. The European Parliament passed the law, one of the most complex and far-reaching commission regulations ever, after years of haggling marked by intense lobbying by the European chemicals industry and by protests from environmentalists who sought more restraints on the industry. The law, a compromise balancing health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business, puts the burden of proof on companies to show that industrial chemicals and substances used in everyday products are safe. It is likely to take effect in mid-2007.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug maker, and 14 other pharmaceutical companies were accused by a group of California drugstores in a lawsuit of conspiring to keep lower-priced medicines from Canada out of the US market.
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By Sharon Smyth  Merck, the German pharmaceutical company that failed to buy a rival, Schering, this year, agreed to buy the stake owned by the billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli in Serono to obtain control of the largest biotechnology company in Europe.
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The European Commission, fresh from a  major court victory over Microsoft , launched new  antitrust investigations into the software giant on Monday, on  suspicion it abused its market dominance.
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The Medicines Company reacquires its own drug.
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Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, is raided by EU regulators amid claims it abused its market position.
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A group of 30 large employers has banded together to monitor the business practices of the middlemen drug buyers.
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With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.
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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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By Helen Logan  Firms were today warned to start gearing up for Europe's biggest- ever single piece of legislation.   Euro-MPs have given the green light to new laws on the testing of thousands of chemicals in daily use.
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EuropeÂs biggest drug maker, said that it would pay $3.1 billion to settle a tax dispute with the United States government.
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The pharmaceutical sues over patent infringement.