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Warehouse strike creates drug shortages in Australia

Not all drug shortages are tied to manufacturing problems. In Melbourne, Australia, Sigma Pharmaceuticals has asked officials to step in and mediate to end a strike at a warehouse that is slowing the delivery of drugs to pharmacies.

French unions agitate for Sanofi strike

Will Sanofi-Aventis ( $SNY ) be the latest drugmaker to suffer worker protests in the wake of cost cuts? Nine French unions are calling on Sanofi workers to strike in opposition, saying that the latest

French workers block gates to Sanofi plant

Workers have barricaded the gates at a Sanofi-Aventis plant in France, protesting job losses there. The CGT union--which is also behind nationwide oil strikes--announced the workers' move, aiming to

AZ faces strike in England over pension cuts

Union members at AstraZeneca's ( NYSE: AZN ) Macclesfield, England, site have voted to strike over pension cuts, labor leaders say, adding that local union leadership will set strike dates later this

St. Louis pharma plant workers on strike

About 420 workers at Mallinckrodt's St. Louis pharmaceutical chemical plant continue to strike in protest of cuts to retiree medical benefits, seniority rights, Sunday pay, sick days and vacation