Tag: the-laboratory
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Exclusive: Lonza in talks to buy Capsugel for more than $5 billion – sources
Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Lonza Group AG is in advanced talks to acquire Capsugel, a U.S. maker of capsule products and other drug delivery systems, for more than $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal would come as Lonza seeks to boost its life sciences capabilities and produce a wider range of…
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Lab criticized as slow to act in fatal French drug trial
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) – An initial inquiry into a clinical drug trial that left one person dead and five others hospitalized in France last month found that the laboratory conducting the tests was slow to react when the first patient fell ill. A full investigation aimed at identifying the exact causes is expected…
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Spain reports first known European case of Zika-infected pregnant woman
Spain said Thursday that a pregnant woman who had returned from Colombia had been diagnosed with the Zika virus, in the first such known European case. “One of the patients diagnosed in (the northeastern region of) Catalonia is a pregnant woman, who showed symptoms after having travelled to Colombia,” the health ministry announced, adding she…