Elan and American Home Products have ended trials of their Alzheimer's vaccine--once seen as one of the most promising new approaches to treating the disease--after 15 patients suffered a potentially serious side effect: swelling of the central nervous system.

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The suits allege that each failed to offer employee benefits after treating them like full-time workers.

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Genentech's Avastin is awaiting Food and Drug Administration approval after a successful phase-III clinical trial that demonstrated its effectiveness in combination with chemotherapy for treating colorectal cancer.

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After the speech, party delegates seemed happy to humour him, treating him to a seven-and-a-half minutes' standing ovation.

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