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Court Finds Data Manipulation, but Not False Advertising: Diovan Case
A former employee of Novartis Pharma tampered with data involving the company’s major hypertension drug Diovan (valsartan), but the publication of scientific papers based on the manipulated data does not constitute false or misleading advertising banned under the law, according…
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