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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:24 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:14:43 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/health(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6e0a888-d606-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6e0a888-d606-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlJohnson & Johnson defends its strategy, with its three broad divisions of medical devices, consumer health and pharmaceuticals, even as the approach fails to shield it from industry painsFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/94d403da-d57b-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94d403da-d57b-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlA Florida jury orders cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300m in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker who is wheelchair-bound by emphysemaFri, 20 Nov 2009 02:33:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0608ea72-d575-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0608ea72-d575-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlThis year's hard-to-find Christmas toy in the US, the Zhu Zhu Pets robotic hamster, costs about $10. But as he flips through Toys R Us's annual catalogue at the...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4396ada-d574-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4396ada-d574-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlChildren under five will be the next group to be given priority in receiving the swine flu vaccine, Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, said yesterday. The...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/84f26952-d427-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84f26952-d427-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlReduced prices in its main Irish markets have crimped sales growth at the healthcare products supplier, in spite of strong growth in its contract sales and drug packaging businessesThu, 19 Nov 2009 01:54:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/de0a4a46-d477-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de0a4a46-d477-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlAn inquiry is being opened into how far the health service should retain control of its property when it puts services out to tender or allows mergers and takeoversWed, 18 Nov 2009 23:15:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f32e2cb4-d2fe-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f32e2cb4-d2fe-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlThe NicVAX vaccine moved closer to the market after a deal between GlaxoSmithKline and the US biotech company Nabi Pharmaceuticals, which developed the productMon, 16 Nov 2009 22:32:56 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2652114-d20e-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2652114-d20e-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe UK-based pharmaceutical group has set a target to cut by two-thirds the waste generated by medicines production Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:23:34 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f89e3ac-d07d-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f89e3ac-d07d-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlA small cluster of British drug companies is marketing drugs that are decades old, relying on consumers' affection for products that they probably first saw in their grandparents' medicine chestSat, 14 Nov 2009 00:21:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b1ad192-cf80-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b1ad192-cf80-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.htmlStrong demand for the decontamination of hospital equipment in Asia and Europe has buoyed revenues at Synergy Healthcare, the health services company.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:33:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4b21910-cf2a-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4b21910-cf2a-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlFour financial investors, along with Israel's Teva, France's Sanofi-Aventis and the US's Pfizer, have submitted bids for the world's fourth-largest generic drugs groupThu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/21454032-cd24-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21454032-cd24-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlPrivate equity groups triumphed over several industrial groups – including Alliance Boots – in the $858m auction of Sweden's state-owned pharmacy chainMon, 9 Nov 2009 21:22:50 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/310b29a4-cd11-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/310b29a4-cd11-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Swiss hearing aid manufacturer has made an agreed $489m cash offer for Advanced Bionics of the US, in a renewed push for global sales dominance Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:35:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/711ffdfe-ca95-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/711ffdfe-ca95-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe prescription-drug data provider has agreed to sell itself to TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan's investment board in what is the biggest such deal this yearFri, 6 Nov 2009 05:55:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae01c6a6-c9f2-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fhealthhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae01c6a6-c9f2-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlA full half-year of contributions from Protherics boost revenues at the biotechnology group as it looks forward to the direct marketing of two major drugs in the US next yearFri, 6 Nov 2009 05:14:54 +0000