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  • VW gets approval for another 460,000 diesel-car fixes

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    Volkswagen has won German regulatory approval for technical fixes on another 460,000 diesel cars with illicit emissions control software, it said on Sunday, raising the number of vehicles cleared for repair to over 5 million. Approval by Germany's motor vehicle authority KBA is valid for countries throughout Europe where 8.5 million diesel cars are affected…

  • Samsung Bioepis seeks Europe approval for its Humira copy

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    Biosimilars maker Samsung Bioepis, part of South Korea's top family-run conglomerate Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], said on Monday it is seeking regulatory approval in Europe to sell its copy of AbbVie Inc's rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira. Samsung Bioepis said in a statement the European Medicines Agency has accepted for review its application to sell its biosimilar…

  • Top Spanish drugmaker fears disruption if EMA moves from Britain

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    By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) – The likely relocation of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from London threatens to disrupt the approval of new drugs and is a medium and long-term worry for top Spanish drugmaker Almirall, its chief executive said on Monday. The EMA, Europe's equivalent the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, approves medicines…

  • Spain’s Almirall eyes Valeant skin drugs to boost dermatology

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    By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish drugmaker Almirall, which is building up its business in skin treatments, could be interested in acquiring dermatology assets from Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the head of the Barcelona-based company said on Monday. Valeant is looking at divesting various products as it tries to reduce its massive debt load, with…

  • Testosterone gel boosts sexual desire and activity in older men

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    By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Older men with low testosterone levels and scant desire for sex report more interest and more sexual activity after testosterone therapy, according to a new study. Compared to men using a fake testosterone gel, those using real medication for one year improved on 10 out of 12 measures…

  • UN health agency confirms 3 Zika cases in Guinea Bissau

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    GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says it and national authorities are investigating whether three cases of the Zika virus discovered in Guinea Bissau are of the same strain as the one behind outbreaks linked to head and brain abnormalities in Brazil and elsewhere.

  • E-cigarette use rose rapidly in UK, France: European study

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    By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people in France and Britain who have tried an electronic or e-cigarette has risen sharply in just two years, according to a Europe-wide study published on Tuesday. It found that France had the highest use of e-cigarettes, with the proportion of those who had tried one…

  • VW CEO eyes solid 2016 growth despite crisis

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    Volkswagen has a chance of posting solid growth in its operating business this year even as it grapples with its diesel emissions scandal and a strategic repositioning, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said. Cost reductions at Europe's largest automaker are “in full swing” at individual brands and across the group, Mueller said at Volkswagen's (VW) earnings…

  • Kohl raises refugee concerns before Orban meeting

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    Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl says he does not believe Europe can absorb millions of refugees and has appealed for more cooperation to deal with the crisis ahead of a meeting with right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Kohl, the architect of Germany's reunification and a leading driver of European integration, will host Orban -…

  • A rural retirement in Chernobyl’s radioactive shadow

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    By Vasily Fedosenko TULGOVICH, Belarus (Reuters) – Ninety-year-old Ivan Shamyanok says the secret to a long life is not leaving your birthplace, even when it is a Belarusian village poisoned with radioactive fallout from a nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986, a botched test at a nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, then a Soviet republic,…