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World Pharma News - one of the world's leading web-based pharmaceutical news publications - is committed to providing and disseminating the most prominent pharmaceutical news and achievements.
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Merck Receives Approval from FDA for Expanded Indications for Atypical Antipsychotic Medication SAPHRIS®
Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two supplemental new drug applications (sNDA's) for SAPHRIS® (asenapine) sublingual tablets to expand the product's indications.


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Abbott Completes Acquisition of Piramal's Healthcare Solutions Business, Becomes Leading Pharmaceutical Company in India
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has completed its acquisition of Piramal's Healthcare Solutions business, propelling it to market leadership in the Indian pharmaceutical market and further accelerating the company's growth in emerging markets.


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Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire ZymoGenetics
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGEN) announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement providing for the acquisition of ZymoGenetics by Bristol-Myers Squibb, for $9.75 per share in cash.


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Roche announces Operational Excellence initiative
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced the launch of a Group-wide Operational Excellence initiative. In view of mounting pressures to curb healthcare costs - especially in the United States and Europe - together with recent developments in late-stage projects in the Roche pipeline, this initiative aims to adapt cost structures and accelerate productivity improvements Group-wide.


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BBC Panorama: "A Risk Worth Taking?" Programme. GlaxoSmithKline Right of Reply Statement
Patient safety is our first priority. We strongly refute any allegation that our actions have put patients at risk. We have carried out an extensive research programme, involving more than 50,000 patients to analyse the safety and benefits of Avandia.


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Novartis and collaborators discover novel antimalarial drug candidate
Novartis announced that scientists at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), in collaboration with researchers from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a novel compound that shows promise as a next generation treatment for drug resistant malaria.


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Reports of narcolepsy in Europe following vaccination with Pandemrix™
GSK initially became aware of possible cases of narcolepsy following vaccination with the adjuvanted H1N1 pandemic vaccine Pandemrix through adverse event reports received by the Swedish Medical Products Agency, and subsequently via media reports in Finland.


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Merck's Cladribine Tablets for Multiple Sclerosis Approved in Australia
Merck KGaA announced today that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved Cladribine Tablets for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Cladribine Tablets will be registered in Australia under the trade name Movectro®.


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