Pharmaceuticals
Olympus sued as faulty scope causes 35 US deaths
26 Jul 2016
Thirty-five people died in the United States after contracting infections from contaminated medical scopes made by Japan’s Olympus Corp in the years after a company official told American executives not to issue widespread warnings to US hospitals
European regulator cracks down on drugs tested in India
25 Jul 2016
Generic drugs manufactured by the likes of Novartis AG, Teva Pharmaceutical, Mylan, and smaller Indian firms and tested at Indian sites are affected by the European Medicine Agency's strictures, which found 'substantial manipulation' of test results
