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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11242
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition

Green light to joint venture between Novartis and GSK

Brussels, 29/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 28 January, the European Commission gave its conditional authorisation to the planned acquisition of the 'vaccines' division of Novartis (Switzerland) by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, United Kingdom) and the plan to create a new entity bringing together the activities of the two companies in the consumer healthcare products sector.

Both companies are active worldwide in the research, production and supply of pharmaceutical products and consumer...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Ministers extend sanctions and call for further measures
(AE) BAHRAIN: Shura members deny human rights problems
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: EU condemns attacks at Lebanese-Israeli border
(AE) USA: EU criticises execution of man with mental disability
(AE) TRADE: Commission works for total transparency of ISDS
(AE) TRADE: Malmström wants mandate for TiSA negotiations published
(AE) TRADE: WTO verdict adopted on Argentina's import policy
(AE) SYRIA: EU increases its emergency aid by €136 million
(AE) LATIN AMERICA: EU normalises its relations with Cuba at CELAC summit
(AE) MOROCCO: Visa negotiations with EU on right track
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Ministers want to speed up deadline on work on terrorism
(AE) JHA:
(AE) JHA: Integration requirement on long-term residents is legal
(AE) ENERGY: Ball in Swiss court on electricity agreement
(AE) INDUSTRY: New EU tourism record
(AE) GMO: Europe lagging behind world, EuropaBio regrets
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Cases of listerosis and VTEC on rise, say EFSA and ECDC
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Parliament milk sector report in April/May
(AE) FISHERIES: Agreement on implementation of landing obligation
(AE) FISHERIES: Report recommends EU-Kenya agreement
(AE) TRANSPORT: Leichtfried ends two years of work on heavy goods vehicles
(AE) TRANSPORT: Drivers want German minimum wage suspended
(AE) TRANSPORT: Wim Van de Camp wants reciprocity for transport in TTIP
(AE) WOMEN: Important EU contribution to development equality
(AE) REGIONS: European Parliament and CoR seeking to win over citizens
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission digs in on digital strategy
(AE) DIGITAL: Inter-group launch at European parliament for digital agenda
(AE) DIGITAL: Spectrum debate must respect media pluralism
(AE) DIGITAL: ENISA publishes 2014 “cyber-threat landscape” report
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Schulz feels Greek government will not act unilaterally
(AE) ECONOMY: Importance of removing barriers to investment stressed
(AE) BANKS: Distribution of dividends - ECB calls for prudence
(AE) COMPETITION: Green light to joint venture between Novartis and GSK
(AE) COMPETITION: Conditional 'yes' to Mylan's acquisition of Abbott's generics business
(AE) STATE AID: British flood reinsurance scheme approved
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) RUSSIA: Threats to withdraw from Council of Europe in 2016
(AE) UKRAINE: Humanitarian situation - PACE calls for ceasefire