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LONDON (Reuters) - A continuing shortage of some essential medicines in Britain is to be investigated by members of parliament, following complaints by pharmacists that vital supplies are being lost to exports.The All-Party Pharmacy Group, which announced its inquiry on Monday, said ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's cost-effectiveness health watchdog NICE expects to play a central role in a value-based pricing system for new medicines due to take effect from 2014, according to its chief executive.After a government rethink last month, the National Institute for ...

LONDON (Reuters) - David Livermore is in a race against evolution. In his north London lab, he holds up an evil-smelling culture plate smeared with bacteria. This creamy-yellow growth is the enemy: a new strain of germs resistant to the most powerful ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc is to close its research and development center in Sandwich, southern England, which employs 2,400 people, dealing a major blow to Britain's scientific jobs base.The world's biggest drugmaker said on Tuesday it would exit the site over ...

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it plans to increase its shareholding in U.S. biotech company Theravance Inc.. London-based Glaxo said Monday that the two companies have agreed for Glaxo to purchase 5.75 million shares of Theravance ( THRX - news - ...

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it plans to increase its shareholding in U.S. biotech company Theravance Inc.. London-based Glaxo said Monday that the two companies have agreed for Glaxo to purchase 5.75 million shares of Theravance common stock at a price ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Meat and milk from cloned cattle show no difference in composition from that of traditionally bred cows and so are unlikely to pose a food safety risk, an advisory committee to Britain's food safety regulator said.The Advisory Committee on ...

The UK's Food Standards Agency has finally declared milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring safe to eat.. But the statement clashes with the European Commission's (EC) position on food products from cloned animals - that they should be banned ...

Cloned meat in British supermarkets came a step closer today as government scientists said it posed " The Food Standards Agency will examine its conclusions next month before advising ministers. In the US, South America and Asia, farmers can breed from cloned ...

The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) which advises the government on food safety issues, said Thursday November 25 that tests have been carried out on meat and milk from cloned cattle and findings are that the products are safe for consumption. There ...

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Topic: United Kingdom

UK lawmakers to probe medicine shortages

NICE seen at heart of new UK drug pricing system

Special report: When the drugs don't work

Pfizer to shut major British site, home of Viagra

Glaxo to increase Theravance shareholding

Glaxo to Increase Theravance Shareholding

UK watchdog adviser: Cloned cattle meat likely safe

Milk and meat from cloned animals declared safe

Cloned meat and milk are not safety risks, say scientists

U.K. Foods Standards Agency Says Cloned Meat, Milk is Safe

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