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> A Chicago jury awarded $625,000 to the estate of a man dosed with Baxter International's blood thinner heparin, which contained a contaminated ingredient found in the company's supply chain in China. News
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> A novel variant of swine flu has emerged in Asia with a genetic adaptation giving some resistance to Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza, the two mainstay drugs used to tackle the disease. Article
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