As Teva wins U.S. approval for GSK Advair copy, main fight yet to come

Signage for GlaxoSmithKline is seen on it's offices in London, BritainBy Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Israel&;s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has won U.S. approval to market a copy of GlaxoSmithKline&039;s best-selling Advair inhaler, although the real battle is still to come. Teva&039;s version of GSK&039;s blockbuster medicine, called AirDuo RespiClick, is not directly substitutable for Advair and is only approved for asthma, while Advair is also widely used for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Teva said on Monday it would launch AirDuo later this year.

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Pakistan acquits 112 in case of torching Christian homes over blasphemy rumour

FILE PHOTO: Police beat and detain a Pakistani Christian protester during a demonstration in Badami BaghA Pakistani court acquitted 112 suspects in the 2013 torching of hundreds of Christian homes in the eastern city of Lahore over a rumour that one of the residents there had blasphemed, a lawyer said on Sunday. In March 2013, more than 125 homes in Lahore&;s Josep Colony were burned by a mob of more than 3,000 Muslims responding to rumours that a local Christian man, Sawan Masih, had made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad. Defence lawyer Ghulam Murtaza Chaudhry said an anti-terrorism court in Lahore had acquitted 112 people accused of torching and ransacking hundreds of houses.

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