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WHO issues global alert on new strain of avian influenza (H7N9)

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • China, Global, USA
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  • April 12 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and response update on a new strain of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus identified

Celebrity endorsements blamed for kids’ “junk” food choices

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • March 15 2013

A University of Liverpool study contends that "celebrity endorsement of a food product encourages children to eat more of the endorsed product." The

Global Pricing Newsletter: volume two

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • China, Global, United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 27 2013

Pharmaceutical and biologic manufacturers operate in an increasingly global economy where legal developments in one market may have cascading impacts

IOM publishes report on the effects of falsified and substandard medicines

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • February 21 2013

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), national think tank the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a report that

FCPA anti-corruption developments: 2012 end of summer round-up

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • China, France, Global, Haiti, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 10 2012

While the temperatures rose this summer, the number of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions seems to have cooled off for the first time in the last five years

International telemedicine: 4 key considerations to launching a global telemedicine program

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • Global, USA
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  • October 9 2012

All indications are that international telemedicine is well positioned for strong growth over the next several years

The trend towards global transparency: a challenging new world for the life sciences industry

  • Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC
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  • Global, USA
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  • August 14 2012

The quest for transparency in the relationships between life sciences companies and healthcare professionals has become a global movement

No causal link on cell phone cancer risk

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • Global, USA
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  • June 10 2011

Consumer Reports, among others, reported this week that the International Agency for Research on Cancer ("IARC"), which is part of the World Health Organization ("WHO"), has classified low-level radiation from cell phones as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" based on limited evidence linking cell phone use to glioma, a type of brain cancer

Pharmaceutical mergers clear U.S. and international competition agencies with divestitures

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global, USA
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  • December 2 2010

Two recent transactions in the pharmaceutical space were scrutinized by various international competition agencies

FDA enters agreement to support WHO with counterfeit drug efforts

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • October 15 2010

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has entered into a collaborative agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) in an effort to support the development of a global surveillance and monitoring system for combating counterfeit medicines and breaches in the supply chain