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BusinessJ&J hit with bill for $4.7 billion in damages over talcum powder cancer link
Pharmaceutical and consumer goods giant loses another talc court case to 22 ovarian cancer patients
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Business
J&J and the question of shadow research
Former academic researcher who found that talc is not carcinogenic admits that J&J funded his work, but says that fact is immaterial
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News
Mardi Grass
The cannabis chemistry subdivision of the American Chemical Society takes to the streets of New Orleans
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Business
Deal protects world’s biggest selling drug from biosimilar erosion
AbbVie and Samsung Bioepis resolve patent litigation over arthritis drug Humira
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Business
Indian court seizes former Ranbaxy owners’ assets
Daiichi Sankyo inches closer to recovering money from Singh brothers
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Business
Takata settles with US states over faulty airbag inflators
States will forgo the $650m civil penalty in favour of victims
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Business
Chemist caught stealing and dumping cyanide
Merck & Co senior analytical chemist arrested for stealing and then dumping highly toxic substance down a curbside drain
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News
Apotex chief executive steps down amid tumult at generics firm
President and chief executive of Canada’s biggest generic drugmaker resigns the same day that police announce its founder and his wife were murdered
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Opinion
Priming courts for science
The first guides to understanding scientific evidence in the courtroom
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Business
Chemical industry roundup 2017
Economic and political pressure is encouraging industry to become more specialised as certain sectors consolidate
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Business
Pharmaceuticals roundup 2017
Political influence has strongly shaped industry activity in the past year
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Business
Sanofi ordered to pull dengue vaccine
Philippines wants French drugmaker to cover immunisation program costs
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Business
Bayer and J&J lose first blood thinner lawsuit
US jury fines Xarelto makers $27.8 million for downplaying drug risks
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Business
EU extends glyphosate licence by 5 years
Extending herbicide’s approval until December 2022 has pleased neither industry nor environmental campaigners
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News
Societies launch science primers for UK judges
Short documents will help judges make sense of scientific evidence
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Business
China clamps down on polluting factories
Thousands of factories face closure or sanctions as authorities exercise new powers to curb air and water pollution
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Business
Chuck Norris versus gadolinium
US action star is suing 11 drug firms for $10m, claiming his wife was poisoned by gadolinium from her MRIs
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Business
Valeant relinquishes female libido drug
Struggling firm is returning Sprout Pharmaceuticals subsidiary to original shareholders to resolve dispute over marketing
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Business
ExxonMobil agrees to install pollution controls
Settlement with US government compels firm to improve emissions control and monitoring at eight chemical plants
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Opinion
Are trade sanctions fair?
How much should markets be protected from cheaper imports? When does healthy competition become ‘dumping’?
