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Protesters begin biggest anti-NATO rally in Chicago

Greg — Mon, 21 May 2012 05:20:03 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters, some dressed as clowns and others bearing anti-war signs, gathered on Sunday in a lakefront park in the biggest test yet for Chicago police trying to keep the peace as world leaders began meeting for a …

Japan’s Olympic swimmers defy altitude fears

Greg — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:20:04 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Olympic swimmers will prepare for this year's London Games by undergoing altitude training as planned, despite the death of Norwegian Alexander Dale Oen last week.

Novartis to probe Indian drug approval allegations

Greg — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:20:03 +0000

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Thursday it would investigate alleged drug approval irregularities in India after a parliamentary report found the country's regulator colluded with pharmaceutical firms to speed up approval …

Warner Chilcott weighs sale, other options: report

Greg — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:20:03 +0000

(Reuters) – Warner Chilcott is evaluating options, including a possible sale of the company, after receiving interest from strategic and private-equity buyers, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Goldman Sachs is helping the Nasdaq-listed drugmaker…

Novo Nordisk rejects diabetes drug Victoza complaint

Greg — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:20:04 +0000

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk rejected a consumer advocacy group's complaint about its big-selling diabetes drug Victoza as groundless and said it did not expect U.S. regulators to take any action. Its shares initially d…

Olympus: 71 percent approved of Sasa as new president

Greg — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:20:03 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Olympus Corp said on Friday that 70.74 percent of shareholders who cast votes at its extraordinary shareholders meeting had approved the appointment of incoming president Hiroyuki Sasa. The scandal-hit camera and endo…

Insight: Lifting the veil on Afghanistan’s female addicts

Greg — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:20:23 +0000

KABUL (Reuters) – Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago. "I can't giv…

Olympus says core medical business key to rebuilding

Greg — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:20:04 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympus Corp's president-nominee said on Wednesday that the medical equipment and camera maker must continue to develop its core medical business in order to rebuild after being involved in one of Japan's worst corporate …

Olympus foreign shareholders renew call for "independent" chairman

Greg — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:20:03 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – A group of foreign shareholders in scandal-hit Olympus Corp, including Southeastern Asset Management and Indus Capital, on Wednesday blasted the company's choice of chairman and renewed their call for someone more independent…

Progress, no big breakthrough, in hunt for HIV cure

Greg — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:20:04 +0000

(Reuters) – Scientists, stymied for decades by the complexity of the human immunodeficiency virus, are making progress on several fronts in the search for a cure for HIV infections, a leading medical research conference was told this week in Seatt…