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MPs Voted in Favour of The Introduction of Plain Standardised Cigarette Packaging
Mar 13, 2015Britain’s MPs have voted in favour of the introduction of plain standardised cigarette packaging from May 2016. Once implemented, England will be the third country to introduce such a law after Australia and Ireland. While this ...
Tags: cigarette packaging, Packaging
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GST's Sale of Fresh Food Sparked Concern From Farmers' Groups and The Federal Opposition
Jan 7, 2015Recent suggestions from the Australian Federal Government that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) be applied to the sale of fresh food has sparked concern from both farmers’ groups and the Federal Opposition. Liberal backbencher, Dan ...
Tags: Food Ignites, Services Tax, Agriculture
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Healthways Has Been Awarded a Contract to Provide Largest Health Coaching Program
Jan 21, 2014Global well-being improvement leader Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide Australia's largest health coaching program, Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service® (Get Healthy ...
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The European Commission Has Granted Orphan Drug Designation to Natpara?
Jan 6, 2014NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: NPSP), a global biopharmaceutical company pioneering and delivering therapies that transform the lives of patients with rare diseases, today announced that the European Commission has granted orphan drug ...
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The Health of Most of The Planet's Population Is Rapidly Coming to Resemble That of The US
Nov 12, 2013The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by ...
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FDA Approved of Four-Strain Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Virus Vaccine ,Fluarix Quadrivalent
Dec 19, 2012GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the FDA approval of four-strain seasonal influenza (flu) virus vaccine, Fluarix Quadrivalent, to immunize adults and children of three years age and more, in the US. The intramuscular vaccine is ...
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Takeda Acquires LigoCyte for an Upfront Payment of $60m
Dec 3, 2012Takeda's wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda America Holdings and LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals have entered into a definitive agreement for Takeda to acquire LigoCyte for an upfront payment of $60m, with future contingent consideration based on the ...