Ebola is in America – and, finally, within range of Big Pharma
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Long-term use of certain sleeping aids and anti-anxiety medications might have a link to dementia,...
Read moreEbola potential vaccine to be tested on healthy British volunteer
Safety trials of experimental drug at University of Oxford offers hope in west Africa, where virus...
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It's good news that Mark Reilly is not going to prison – but what of GSK chief executive Sir...
Read morePharma giant Bayer in contempt: US
The United States government accused German pharmaceutical giant Bayer of making scientifically...
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT)’ disappearing stent, inserted to prop open a clogged artery and...
Read moreGSK to start production of Ebola vaccine as tests on humans begin
Clinical safety trials begin in US next week, after approval from the FDA; volunteer testing in UK...
Read moreEnd of opium poppy monopoly divides views across the Tasman
New agreement will permit plants to be grown across Australia with Victoria the first state to...
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