ALMOST two million swine flu vaccines bought by the Health Service Executive during the pandemic scare were never used.

US stocks dropped today, extending investors’ losses for the third straight session and pushing the Dow Jones industrial average below 11,000 for the first time since March 9.

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Plans to give British police new powers to tackle animal rights extremists who demonstrate outside scientists’ homes are being announced by ministers today.

India's largest pharmaceutical company by sales, Ranbaxy Laboratories, said yesterday that it has won a patents infringement case brought against it by the UK's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a US court.

Green Party TD Dan Boyle has expressed concern following the court judgement against pharmaceutical firm Glaxo Smithkline.

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The Glaxo SmithKline pharmaceutical company is expected to withdraw a single-dose rubella vaccine from the Irish market.

The Junior Minister for Health says that an investigation into a vaccination programme, which was carried out in the 1970’s, has shown that two children were given vaccines that were supposed to be only used on animals.

Supermarket group Iceland has had a tough start to the week, diving 6% after reports suggested its chairman Malcolm Walker was set to step down following criticism about a share sale.