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Australia to pay damages for drug recall
17:47:01, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The lawyer for the former head of Pan Pharmaceuticals in Australia has described a $US43 million payout to his client as vindication.
Former Australian pharmaceutical chief awarded government compensation
14:58:51, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The former head of Australian drug company Pan Pharmaceutical has been awarded $US48.7 million in damages by the Federal Government.
Claims 40 per cent of Indonesia drugs counterfeit
13:33:13, 18 July 2008, Radio Australia News
An international pharmaceutical industry group claims 40 per cent of all drugs sold in Indonesia may be counterfeit.
Closer scrutiny of China, India medicines
19:01:22, 10 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States has announced it'll join forces with Australia and Europe to inspect factories in foreign countries that are making medications.
Australian company trials seaweed as anticoagulant
21:23:51, 17 June 2008, Radio Australia News
An extract from seaweed harvested in Australia's island state, Tasmania, may soon be sold pharmaceutically as an agent to prevent blood clots.
Japan firm to buy stake in India's top drug company
22:23:53, 11 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The Japanese pharmaceutical firm, Daiichi Sankyo, says it has agreed to buy a majority stake in India's top drug company, Ranbaxy Laboratories, for up to $US4.6 billion.
Bird flu drugs successes in Hong Kong
14:12:05, 3 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Scientists in Hong Kong say they have used a cocktail of three drugs which appeared to raise the survival rates of mice infected with lethal doses of the bird flu virus.
Australia discusses flu outbreak plans
15:32:38, 12 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's readiness to deal with an outbreak of bird flu will be high on the agenda at a forthcoming conference on infectious diseases.
PNG clamps down on snake anti-venom sales
16:44:41, 2 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Authorities in Papua New Guinea have clamped down on the sale of illegal snake anti-venom that experts warn could kill people.
Contaminated blood thinner came from Chinese factories: US
13:18:01, 30 April 2008, Radio Australia News
The American drug maker Baxter International says its blood thinner heparin, which has been linked to scores of deaths, appears to have been deliberately contaminated with a synthetic compound.
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