The EU inspections come three days ahead of a report on possible antitrust abuses in the pharmaceutical industry. The commission began that probe in January after raiding offices of GlaxoSmithKline Plc, AstraZeneca Plc, Sanofi-Aventis SA, France's largest drugmaker, and several competitors.
Spokesmen for Glaxo, Europe's largest drugmaker, Novartis AG, Sanofi and AstraZeneca said they weren't aware of yesterday's raids. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.