Health Care News
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Yervoy drug was rejected by the U.K.’s health-cost agency, which suggested the company consider lowering the price of the skin- cancer treatment.
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Japan Tobacco Inc., the world’s third-biggest publicly traded cigarette maker, may raise its dividend payout target to trim gaps with rivals including Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco Plc.
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Unilever, the world’s second-biggest consumer-goods company, agreed to acquire OAO Concern Kalina in a deal that values the Russian skincare maker at 21.5 billion rubles ($694 million) to tap growth in emerging markets.
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Texans under Governor Rick Perry were more likely to lack health insurance than residents of any other state in 2009, U.S. census data released today show.