http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/pharmaceuticals.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-08-14T17:47:01+11:00 2008-08-14T17:47:01+11:00 The lawyer for the former head of Pan Pharmaceuticals in Australia has described a $US43 million payout to his client as vindication.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2335745.htm2008-08-14T17:47:01+11:00The former head of Australian drug company Pan Pharmaceutical has been awarded $US48.7 million in damages by the Federal Government.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2335459.htm2008-08-14T14:58:51+11:00An international pharmaceutical industry group claims 40 per cent of all drugs sold in Indonesia may be counterfeit.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2307503.htm2008-07-18T13:33:13+11:00The United States has announced it'll join forces with Australia and Europe to inspect factories in foreign countries that are making medications.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2299830.htm2008-07-10T19:01:22+11:00An extract from seaweed harvested in Australia's island state, Tasmania, may soon be sold pharmaceutically as an agent to prevent blood clots.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2277762.htm2008-06-17T21:23:51+11:00The 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.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2271967.htm2008-06-11T22:23:53+11:00Scientists 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.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2263324.htm2008-06-03T14:12:05+11:00Australia's readiness to deal with an outbreak of bird flu will be high on the agenda at a forthcoming conference on infectious diseases.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2241443.htm2008-05-12T15:32:38+11:00Authorities in Papua New Guinea have clamped down on the sale of illegal snake anti-venom that experts warn could kill people.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2233977.htm2008-05-02T16:44:41+11:00The 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.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2231231.htm2008-04-30T13:18:01+11:00