Pharmaceuticals
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Price of Aids drugs raised by more than 5000%
Martin Shkreli is the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, a company which has recently bought the rights to a 62-year-old drug used for treating Aids. After purchasing the rights to Daraprim, Shkreli raised the price from $13.50 (ยฃ8.70) per tablet to
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Cough medicine recalled by Boots
Pharmacy giant Boots has recalled some of its cough and cold medicines - including for children - over fears that plastic might have got into the liquid. Boots said it identified a possible fault in the manufacturing process of the tamper seal
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AstraZeneca injects ยฃ120m into UK site
Drugs giant AstraZeneca is to invest ยฃ120 million in a new facility at its global manufacturing site in the UK, securing 300 jobs and creating 200 temporary posts. The development, at the firm's plant in Macclesfield, Cheshire, will lead
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Reckitt considers pharma future
Bang to Vanish group Reckitt Benckiser is putting its pharmaceutical business under review in a move that could see the division offered for sale with a multi-billion pound price tag. Slough-based Reckitt said it was considering "all
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Glaxo accused of pay-for-delay deal
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has been accused by the competition watchdog of paying off firms to delay the launch of cheap versions of its antidepressant treatment in a move that denied the NHS "significant" cost savings. The Office of
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Nurofen firm lifts sales targets
Household goods and drugs giant Reckitt Benckiser saw a return to sales growth in Europe and North America as it recovered from a slow cold and flu season earlier this year. Reckitt said like-for-like sales in the transatlantic region rose 2%
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Health products have empty claims
John Stillwell/PA If you rush out to buy medicine at the first hint of a sniffle or sore throat, new research from Which? could make you think twice. Popular health remedies from high street chemists lack true evidence in curing common ailments
