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The swine-flu outbreak is not yet a pandemic, but health authorities fear that the virus could return in a deadlier form later this year. The world is still holding its...

A European Voice Health-check debate

EU executive says early findings of an investigation suggest the producers of branded drugs are making significant efforts to restrict competition. The European Commission...

Drug companies are continuing to make a healthy number of authorisation applications. The drug industry in Europe may like to claim that its health is at risk, but it is...

In India, Novartis is mounting a judicial challenge, seeking to overturn provisions in India's patent law that limit the granting of patents to real innovations only. With...

Novartis has received concerns regarding our ongoing legal challenge in India, following the denial of the patent for our ground-breaking cancer treatment, Glivec. We believe...

Pharmaceuticals giant Novartis should stop legal proceedings against the Indian government over patent laws, according to MEPs from the European Green and Socialist groups....

Millions of people in poor countries will be unable to afford treatment for life-threatening diseases if pharmaceuticals giant Novartis wins a court case this month,...

Telecoms failings Most of the EU's electronic communications markets - telephone, internet, cable and satellite - are uncompetitive, according to a progress report released...

The European Commission has revealed that only one drugs company has signed up to a scheme it proposed nearly three years ago on providing affordable medicines for AIDS and...

Next Thursday's social agenda is getting a little crowded. Those innocent Swiss pharmaceuticals people from Novartis picked the day for a reception to celebrate moving into...

European growth rates are so low because we want to have our cake and eat it. Not only do we emphasise the importance for our future of the knowledge economy and society,...

SIX Hollywood studios have settled charges of unfair price competition in the sale of films to pay-television channels in the EU. They agreed to drop a “most favoured...

DRUGS giants are worried that a European Commission proposal to boost the development of medicine for children could stall their efforts to get new products approved for use...

DRUGS giants are lobbying the European Commission to loosen the system for approving the brand names they give to their new medicines. The industry spends millions of...

While arguments rage in the EU over intellectual property rights, thousands are dying every day from AIDS in the world's poorest countries. David Cronin reports. ALMOST...

THE European Commission has intervened in a stand-off over drug prices that could have ramifications for Poland's accession to the EU. Officials have voiced concern to...

THE European Commission approved the planned agri-business merger between AstraZeneca and Novartis this week, after the companies involved agreed to sell off some of their...