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CFDA Minister Bi Jingquan meets French Ambassador to ChinaOn the afternoon of July 13, 2015, Bi Jingquan, Minister of China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), met with the delegation led by Mr. Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, the French Ambassador to China. Bo2015/7/15
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FDA slaps Emcure with import alert, adding to ban on Indian plantsTheFDAhas banned yet another Indian drug plant. An import alert for all human and animal drugs from an Emcure Pharmaceuticals plant in Hinjawadi, with a few exceptions, was issued on Monday, according2015/7/15
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Playing catch-up on Big Biotech goal, Shire broadens M&A focusShire's ($SHPG) $54 billion tie-up with AbbVie ($ABBV)--and the subsequent cancellation of that deal--shook up employees and stalled CEOFlemming Ornskov's plans to transform the company into a biotech2015/7/15
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House passes 21st Century Cures billMembers of U.S. House of Representatives voted 344 to 77 today to approve the 21st Century Cures bill. It now goes to the Senate for consideration. Supporters like it because it provides more funds fo2015/7/13
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Novartis' pay-for-performance Entresto plan has its critics--Express Scripts' Miller among themNovartis ($NVS) has said it's planning to offer an outcomes-based plan for its new blockbuster-in-the-making to secure payers' favor. But skeptics see some kinks in the plan--and the CMO at leading PB2015/7/13
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CFDA issues Measures for Unannounced Inspection of Drugs and Medical DevicesChina Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) recently issued the Measures for Unannounced Inspection of Drugs and Medical Devices, which will be implemented as of September 1, 2015. The Measures comprise2015/7/10
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Glaxo's HIV unit ViiV aims to steal share from Gilead before patents biteGlaxoSmithKline's ($GSK)ViiV Healthcarestole the show in Q1, surpassing analyst expectations and prompting the pharma to hang on to theHIVdrug business, canceling all plans for a potential spinoff. Th2015/7/10
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Fresenius companies fined £550,000 by U.K. court in patient deathFresenius Kabiand a sister company were ordered by a U.K. court on Thursday to pay more than $860,000 in penalties after a diabetic patient died because the syringes the companies supplied contained n2015/7/10
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CFDA issues announcement on record filing of clinical trials of medical devicesIn order to standardize the record filing of clinical trials of medical devices and enhance the supervision and management of medical device clinical trials, China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA)2015/7/9
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AZ's Bydureon tops doc-payments list with $22BWhen it comes to which brands spent the most on doctor payments, 2014 crowned a new king--and that's diabetes drugBydureon. Maker AstraZeneca ($AZN) shelled out $22 million, helping the med eclipse No2015/7/9