The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, is set to ease restrictions on Japanese food imports beginning 1 November 2012. Import restrictions were imposed following an accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima ...
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Philips has announced that it has received a fine of 313 million euros from the European Commission following an investigation into alleged violation of competition rules in the cathode-ray tubes industry. In addition, the European ...
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Food sourced from cloned animals and their offspring do not pose any safety concerns compared to products from conventional sources,according to the latest review by the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA). The review,which is line with ...
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The U.S.House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S.government not to give the United Nations'International Telecommunication Union(ITU)control over the Internet. The resolution was adopted by the House on ...
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European Commission vice president and EU industry commissioner Mr Antonio Tajani said that "The action of the Italian government is going in the right direction." Mr Tajani said that "The decree on ILVA that you are talking about, like ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell makers expect China-based competitors to stop dumping their products in December when the off season begins, helping stabilize prices, according to industry sources. Solar cell prices have continued declining from ...
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Google could still face a multi-billion euro fine as European competition authorities debate if the company has gone far enough to ease concerns about abuse of its dominant market position. Microsoft and smaller rivals in the ...
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Overcapacity, a decline in pricing as well as slowing growth in key worldwide markets will serve to keep the global market for solar modules depressed for the rest of the year, with recovery not expected until well in the second half of ...
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The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization for Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the European Union (EU). ...
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Danish dairy cooperative ArIa Foods has merged with German cooperative Milch-Union Hocheifel (MUH), following approvals from the European Commission. The merged business is called Arla Foods Deutschland. Arla is a dairy cooperative ...
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European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted to review Pfizer's marketing authorization application (MAA) for bazedoxifene/conjugated estrogens (BZA/CE). BZA/CE is designed for postmenopausal women with a uterus for the treatment of ...
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The European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug designation to Sunesis Pharmaceuticals' Vosaroxin drug. Vosaroxin is a first-in-class anti-cancer quinolone derivative, (AQD), used for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). ...
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company have won European conditional marketing authorization for Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin). Adcetris is indicated for use in adult patients with relapsed or ...
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Dairy co-operative Irish dairy board(IDB)has secured a €20m contract from UK-based supermarket chain Tesco to supply packet butter to the retailer's outlets. Under the deal,the co-operative will supply its own brand butter to Tesco ...
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Pfizer has received positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for crizotinib to treat adults with previously treated anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive ...
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