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...after Roche reversed course under pressure and announced it is willing to enter discussions with countries and companies interested in licensing rights to produce its flu drug Tamiflu came the reminder of why the Swiss pharmaceutical giant had for so long been so reluctant to make the move. Roche announced Wednesday that its revenues climbed 17% in the third quarter, boosted in large part by world-wide demand for Tamiflu. Sales of the drug more than doubled, to $215 million in the quarter. Roche expects to rake in as much as $925 million from Tamiflu sales this year, up from...
...Roche about its intellectual property rights. Cipla, an Indian generics manufacturer that already sells cheap HIV drugs to African countries, now plans to begin selling a generic version of Tamiflu at cut-rate prices--and says it will do so probably within three months, regardless of whether the Swiss drug firm grants it a license. Roche says it is willing to talk to Cipla, but hasn't heard from the Bombay-based firm yet. It's probably in Cipla's interests to avoid a costly patent fight, and the company has suggested it's interested in working out a deal...
...PICK YOUR PANORAMA ? Foodie website Gayot.com recommends restaurants with the best views in several destinations, including Hawaii, Paris and Miami ? Get a preview: Earthcam.com offers live feeds from around 30 restaurants worldwide. Many are of interiors, but others?from eateries as far afield as the Swiss Alps and S?o Paulo's Pitangueiras Beach?show views from windows and roofs
...heart of the City. PICK YOUR PANORAMA Foodie website Gayot.com recommends restaurants with the best views in several destinations, including Hawaii, Paris and Miami ? Get a preview: Earthcam.com offers live feeds from around 30 restaurants worldwide. Many are of interiors, but others - from eateries as far afield as the Swiss Alps and São Paulo's Pitangueiras Beach - show views from windows and roofs
...state prosecutor against the world-renowned novelist Orhan Pamuk in August that generated outrage beyond the country's borders. The charge against Pamuk - that he insulted Turkey's good name by discussing the mass killings of Armenians and Turkey's Kurdish conflict in an interview with a Swiss newspaper - carries a possible three-year sentence. (In practice, Pamuk is unlikely to go to jail and the publicity surrounding the case has embarrassed the government.) "No country can shoot itself in the foot," said Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, ruefully, "like Turkey can." The charges were brought by a prosecutor aligned with...