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AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer's final $117bn bid British drugs giant AstraZeneca rejected on Monday a final takeover bid from US rival Pfizer worth $117 billion, saying it undervalued the firm and created uncertainty and risk for shareholders.

20 May 2014

US restauranteur buys Pablo Escobar's Miami house The owner of a Miami restaurant chain has paid nearly $10 million for a luxurious beach-front home in the US city once owned by famous Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar.

11 May 2014

Peruvian police burn 11 tons of seized drugs Peruvian police on Tuesday burned about 11 tons of drugs confiscated in raids in recent months.

30 April 2014

Germany's Bayer says new products drive Q1 growth German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, maker of Aspirin, said on Monday it turned in a better first quarter performance than expected thanks to healthy growth driven by new products.

29 April 2014

Fire kills 8 at Russian drug rehab centre: investigators Eight people were killed on Sunday when a fire ravaged a drug rehab centre in Russia's Altai region, investigators said, raising fresh questions about security standards in the country's medical facilities.

28 April 2014

Algeria seizes 8 tonnes of cannabis smuggled from Morocco Algerian security forces have seized more than eight tonnes of cannabis in the port city of Oran, smuggled from neighbouring Morocco, and arrested six traffickers, the police said.

25 April 2014

Aspirin halves colon cancer risk -- if you have certain gene Aspirin can reduce the risk of colon cancer by half, but only in people who carry high levels of a specific type of gene, a study found.

25 April 2014

Police arrest 250, seize weapons in Argentina A series of raids west of Buenos Aires yielded 250 arrests and unearthed firearms and drugs, police said Monday, the second such operation in as many weeks.

22 April 2014

Colombian drug bust seizes over a ton of marijuana The Colombian Army seized 1.3 tons of marijuana worth nearly a million dollars, allegedly owned by FARC leftist guerrillas, it said Saturday.

13 April 2014

Account of undercover operation against Columbian drug mafia in Almaty The National Security Committee of Kazakhstan held a successful special operation against Columbian drug mafia that attempted to extend their business into Kazakhstan.

10 April 2014

Italian drug mule caught in Karaganda leaking heroin Italian Kyrgyz drug mule has been caught in Karaganda hallucinating from the heroin leaking in his stomach.

09 April 2014

Indian drug maker Sun to buy troubled peer Ranbaxy for $4.0 bln Top Indian drug giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said Monday it had agreed to buy its troubled peer Ranbaxy for $4.0 billion in stock, ending its ill-fated six-year control by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo.

07 April 2014

Novartis replaces top Japan executives over drug trial scandal Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Thursday it was replacing the top executives at its Japanese unit over allegations the division hid serious potential side effects of leukaemia treatments from regulators.

03 April 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman died from drug cocktail US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died after taking a cocktail of drugs that included heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, the New York medical examiner's office said Friday.

01 March 2014

In Mexico, 2,000 protest for drug lord's release Some 2,000 people demonstrated in support of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in his northwestern home state Wednesday, chanting "release him" following his weekend arrest.

27 February 2014

17 bodies dumped in Mexico mass grave Mexican authorities discovered at least 17 bodies dumped in an unmarked grave outside the western city of Guadalajara after arresting a suspected drug trafficker, a state prosecutor said Friday.

22 February 2014

Friends, family hold wake for Hoffman Friends and family of celebrated actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of an apparent heroin overdose over the weekend, gathered late Thursday to attend a New York wake in his honor.

07 February 2014

Big money awaits Australian drug mule Corby High-profile Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby could earn millions of dollars for a tell-all story if she is released from an Indonesian jail Friday, with a bidding war reportedly in full swing.

07 February 2014

Heroin found in Hoffman's apartment: official Investigators confirmed Monday that heroin was found in the New York apartment of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of a suspected drugs overdose.

04 February 2014

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of an apparent drug overdose on Sunday.

03 February 2014

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