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            <title><![CDATA[How Gut Bacteria Are Shaking Up Cancer Research]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Novo's Diabetes Drug Victoza Shows Heart Benefit in Trial]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Express Scripts Says Novo Insulin Data Not Convincing Enough]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brexit Would Threaten Two Key Pillars of Health-Care Industry]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shire Fourth-Quarter Earnings Exceed Analysts' Expectation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:09:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Proving Zika's Brain Deformity Links Hinges on Diagnostic Tools]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:49:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Novo Nordisk CEO Sees Limited Scope for U.S. Price Increases]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Novo Nordisk Quarterly Profit Misses Estimates on Victoza]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Genetically Modified Mosquito Could Help Fight Zika]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:24:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glaxo Said to Be in Talks With Qualcomm to Form Joint Venture]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merck to Submit Ebola Vaccine for Approval by End of 2017]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[France Ties Brain-Dead Person to Tests of Bial-Portela Drug]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[When New Cancer Treatments Fail, Italy Wants Its Money Back]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 05:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glaxo May Consider Spinoffs After Novartis Deal Integration]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:10:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Andrew Witty, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline Plc, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. Witty is betting on partnerships to push promising new drugs through the three main phases of clinical tests without puffing up spending, and to revive a business criticized for its share performance and declining earnings. Photographer: Chris Goodney/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Andrew Witty</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[米バクスアルタ、3.7兆円でシャイアーが射とめる－現金加え合意獲得]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:10:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shire Wins Baxalta With Revised $32 Billion Bid, Adding Cash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UniQure's Gene Therapy Boosts Clotting in Two Hemophiliacs]]></title>
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