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Novartis spends $160 mn to jumpstart factory

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Singapore: Novartis is going to invest $160 million (CHF150 million) until 2020 to bolster its production site near Geneva. The firm was contemplating a shut down... Read more

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Quintiles files 19mn shares IPO to raise $790 mn

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Singapore: Quintiles Transnational Holdings, which is the biggest provider of testing services to drugmakers, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), seeking... Read more

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US govt sues Novartis for second time in a week

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Singapore: The US government has filed another case against Novartis Pharmaceuticals, this time in the US District Court in Manhattan, alleging that the pharma giant... Read more

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Study: Antibody transforms stem cells into neurons

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Singapore: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), US, have found a way to transform bone marrow stem cells into neurons. The present techniques for... Read more

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Sanofi to supply 1.7 bn polio vaccines to GPEI

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Bangalore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, will provide 1.7 billion doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) to support the Global Polio eradication Initiative's... Read more

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H7N9 bird flu spreads from China to Taiwan

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Singapore: One laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with the virus has been reported by the Taipei Centres for Disease Control (CDC). Untill date, a total... Read more

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India gets blood-based gene test for coronary disease

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Bangalore: Core Diagnostics India has got the exclusive right to market and sell US-based CardioDx's Corus CAD diagnostic test in India. Corus CAD is a noninvasive... Read more

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BIOTEC researchers provide insights on rice

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Singapore: Four ground breaking articles regarding rice research in Thailand have been published by Dr Theerayut Toojinda, principal researcher, National Center... Read more

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Novartis follows Time Warner, Twitter to join malaria campaign...

Singapore: Novartis and Malaria No More, a leading global charity to end malaria deaths, are joining forces on the Power of One campaign to help close the treatment... Read more

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