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PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis said on Wednesday that its troubled obesity-fighting product Acomplia had won approval from Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
In the latest episode of illegal drug trading, a hoard of unlicensed medicines was seized by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRA....
European officials have approved a once-daily version of impotence pill Cialis...
