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SFDA issues the Second Summary of Announcements of Illegal Drug, Medical Device, and Health Food Advertisements in 2011On June 30, 2011, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued the Second Summary of Announcements of Illegal Drug, Medical Device, and Health Food Advertisements in 2011.2011/7/12
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Bayer Hit With Landmark Social Media CaseBayer Healthcare has been found to have breached the UK pharmaceutical industry's code of conduct after promoting prescription-only medicines on social networking site Twitter. The company was fou2011/7/12
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GlaxoSmithKline's Boostrix receives FDA approval to prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussisThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Boostrix vaccine to prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough) in people ages 65 and older. Currently, there are vaccines approv2011/7/11
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APP receives FDA approval to market Clonidine Hydrochloride InjectionAPP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to2011/7/11
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Low temperature vacuum drying process for production of probioticsProbiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this "functional food" has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to2011/7/8
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U.S. District Court rules in favor of Watson over Mucinex patent suitWatson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today confirmed that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Flor2011/7/8
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European Commission Ends Boehringer Antitrust ProbeThe European Commission has closed an antitrust probe of German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim after the company agreed to remove obstacles to rival products. The company was accused2011/7/8
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Hydrogel capsule could simultaneously deliver different types of drugsResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a multiple-compartment gel capsule that could be used to simultaneously deliver drugs of different types. The researchers used a simple2011/7/7
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Drug companies' desires to maintain status quo are 'lethal'In the second of a two-part Al Jazeera opinion piece series "examining the methods by which multinational drug corporations inflate their expenses and justify their pricing strategies," Khadija Sharif2011/7/7
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Industry Demands Could Affect New Zealand's Health SystemNew Zealand's health system could suffer should the country's government agree to pharmaceutical industry demands set by the US, claim Pharmac supporters. The country is attempting to negotiate a2011/7/6