Teva offers EU concessions over Allergan generics deal

An employee of Teva wears a shirt bearing the company's logo at Jerusalem oral solid dosage plantBy Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has offered concessions to allay EU antitrust concerns over its $40.5 billion bid for Allergan&;s generics unit which will cement its position as the world&039;s largest generics drugmaker. "Commitments have been submitted and the new legal deadline is set on 10 March," European Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso said in an email on Friday, without providing details. Teva also declined to provide details.

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FDA approves UCB’s drug to treat epilepsy-related seizures

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Belgian drugmaker UCB SA’s drug as an add-on therapy to treat partial seizures caused by epilepsy. The FDA approval comes nearly two months after the European health regulators recommended approval of the drug, Briviact, in Europe. The Belgian drugmaker has been active in epilepsy drug research and development for over 20 years and treating the disease forms an important plank of its business.
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Spanish taxis block central Madrid in car-sharing protest

A Spanish taxi driver holds a smoke can during a protest of what they called unfair competition from private shared ride businesses like Uber in central MadridMore than a thousand Spanish taxi drivers blocked a central Madrid boulevard on Thursday, beeping horns and setting off firecrackers, to protest plans to open the country to greater competition from ride-hailing and car-sharing services. Uber [UBER.UL] and other companies such as Cabify face demonstrations from taxi drivers worldwide for operating services which match private vehicle owners with customers. Spain&;s regulatory agency CNMC is expected to publish a non-binding recommendation next week which will call for greater freedom for the collaborative economy.

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Pope to pray for migrants at Mexico-U.S. border, Vatican counters Trump

Pope Francis is seen in a car as he arrives at the Apostolic Nunciature in Mexico CityBy Philip Pullella and Gabriel Stargardter CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Pope Francis heads to the once notorious Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, a major migrant crossing on the U.S. doorstep where grisly drug violence has killed thousands, to pray for those who risk their lives migrating north. Once one of the world´s deadliest cities, Ciudad Juarez remains a violent magnet for Mexican, Central American and Asian migrants looking to jump across the U.S. border. Francis&; visit, and his focus on the plight of migrants who risk murder, rape and extortion in their quest to reach the United States, is a symbolic critique of the anti-immigrant rhetoric of candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

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