Word: bayer
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...raids, early on Wednesday, were launched from Brussels to investigate whether big drug companies were fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines. They included forays on Pfizer, Merck, Bayer Schering Pharma and Roche as well as generic firms such as Teva and Sandoz. Hours later, with almost ironic understatement, the E.U. competition watchdog said it had merely launched a "sector inquiry into pharmaceuticals with unannounced inspections...
...world's seventh largest Rx market and rising. Last year's sales of $13.6 billion are expected to double by 2010. With an aging Chinese population increasingly plagued by cancer, diabetes and heart disease, "we're incredibly bullish on the marketplace possibilities," says Liam Condon, president of Bayer Healthcare China, which recently doubled the capacity of its Beijing factory. "We are going to launch over 20 new products in the next five years," he says...
...fourth Central Series, and the host team won easily in the nine-team field. The Crimson took sixth place, with a combination of sophomore James Fish, freshman Grace Charles and freshman Quincy Bok sailing in a tenth-place A-division. Freshman skipper Matthias Donelan and sophomore crew Ali Bayer took 14th place in B-division...
Pollinating bees may be a farmer's best friend, but that doesn't save them from being accidentally dosed by the pesticides used to rid fields of less welcome insects. One suspect is Imidacloprid, an insecticide ingredient discovered by Bayer. Now banned in France, it's been blamed for triggering a decline in bee populations. (Bayer denies that Imidacloprid is behind...
...been rising in the polls more rapidly than Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal and is positioned to determine who will be France's next President. He will be able to sway votes to either Sarkozy or Royal-or even become Jacques Chirac's successor. Michael Bayer, New York City...