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Earlier this year, a leading animal rights group asked U.S. authorities to investigate medical research labs for allegedly violating federal law after finding numerous instances where nearly 2,000 monkeys were shipped between facilities without required veterinary inspections. Now, the federal government appears to be acting.
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The competition authorities in Switzerland said this morning they have carried out a raid on a pharma company – now confirmed to be Novartis – as part of an investigation into a “possible unlawful use of a patent to reduce competitive pressure.” The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) arrived unexpectedly at Novartis at dawn on Tuesday morning, to gather information on an unidentified dermatology drug, as part of a wider investigation into the drugmaker by the European Commission.
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