Industry litigation – Page 12
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BusinessDuPont found liable in third bellwether cancer case
US court orders firm to pay $2m in damages to man whose disease has been linked to contaminated water supply
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BusinessUS pharma executives face bribery charges over opioid painkiller prescriptions
Insys Therapeutics chief executive and senior managers accused of running a conspiracy to bribe doctors across several states
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BusinessPharmaceutical industry roundup of 2016
Controversial approvals and price clashes characterised 2016 in pharma
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BusinessDeath sentence for head of Tianjin explosion firm
48 Ruihai Logistics staff and government officials also sentenced
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BusinessWashington state sues Monsanto over PCBs
Attorney general wants to recoup damages and cleanup costs related to polychlorinated biphenyls
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Business£90m fine for Pfizer and Flynn Pharma over excessive drug pricing
Markets watchdog imposes record fine for breaches of competition law
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BusinessChemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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BusinessFormer Valeant and Philidor executives arrested for fraud
Prosecutors allege the men masterminded a kickback scheme between Valeant and the speciality pharmacy
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ReviewCrime scene to court: the essentials of forensic science (fourth edition)
Samantha Drake uncovers new truths in a revised text
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BusinessCorn growers’ lawsuit contested by Syngenta
Syngenta opposes class action seeking over $5bn in damages related to its genetically engineered corn
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NewsPfizer launches new biosimilar drug in US
Autoimmune disease treatment becomes only the second biosimilar to be approved by the FDA
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BusinessTroubled Theranos abandons clinical testing
Seeking to salvage some value, once-admired blood analysis firm lays off 40% of staff
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BusinessWest Virginia chemical leak was preventable
2014 spill that contaminated water supplies was caused by lack of proper tank inspections and repairs
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BusinessUS senators examine agrochem consolidation
Judiciary committee voices concern over pending merger deals
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BusinessSanofi sues Merck & Co over biosimilars
Merck challenges insulin patents, but Sanofi claims infringement
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BusinessUS government sued over merger crackdown
Business groups challenge Obama’s steps to limit tax inversions
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BusinessRohm and Haas fined for safety violations
Fines relate to a trimethylaluminium explosion that injured four in January
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BusinessFormer Lotte Chemical chief under fire
Ex-head of South Korean firm grilled by prosecutors over alleged fake accounting records
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BusinessJuno CAR-T trial suspended after patient deaths
Immunotherapy study restarted with amended pre-treatment protocol