Industry litigation – Page 9
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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’?
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Business
Judges overturn J&J talc cancer claims
Two new rulings follow trend of reversing large jury-awarded damages as firm works through thousands of cases
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Business
Ex-Chemours worker tried to steal trade secrets
Employee intended to sell confidential information about sodium cyanide to Chinese investors to set up competing plants
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Business
Federal court quashes Allergan eye drop patents
Ruling negates company’s deal with Mohawk tribe to avoid patent board review
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Business
Residents sue Arkema over contamination
French chemical giant accused of releasing toxic chemicals from US plant in the wake of hurricane Harvey
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Business
US government urged to exercise drug patent rights
Campaign group says withdrawing Biogen’s license to government patents, or re-licensing them to other companies, could lower MS drug prices
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Podcast
Sodium dichromate
Discover the compound at the heart of a multi-million dollar legal case and an Oscar–winning role for Julia Roberts
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Business
US state passes law blocking generic drug price-gouging
Despite industry opposition, Maryland will be able to fine companies for ‘excessive and unjustified’ price increases
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Business
Amgen partners to launch biosimilars in China
US biopharma and Chinese generics firm will co-develop medicines from Amgen’s pipeline focused on inflammation and oncology