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On Monday, the National Assembly put up for discussion the draft Pharmaceutical
Law that focuses on managing skyrocketing drug prices -- an issue that has
overwhelmed the country recently.
Shares in AstraZeneca fell 1 percent on Monday following news the Defense Department
planned to stop using the company's top-selling heartburn and ulcer drug Nexium
from this summer.
U.S.-based Pfizer has filed a lawsuit against German drug company Schwarz Pharma
AG's over its urinary incontinence drug Fesoterodine, Schwarz Pharma said in
a statement.
According to Turkey's State Statistics Institute, the country exported
pharmaceuticals worth US$68.9mn in the first quarter, soaring 35.6% year-on-year.
A technicality is currently slowing the implementation of Canadian
legislation to allow the export of generic medicines to low-income pandemic
countries.