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08.05.2012	State aid: Commission launches major initiative to modernise state aid control
08.05.2012	State aid: the Commission clears 23 million EUR R&D aid to Novartis Italy for faster access to innovative vaccines in developing countries
19.04.2012	Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of medical device company Synthes by Johnson & Johnson
18.04.2012	Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Air Products Homecare by Linde
30.03.2012	Competition policy for the post-crisis era
01.03.2012	Antitrust: Commission closes investigation in pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Nycomed
10.02.2012	Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Teeuwissen, Quintet, Jagero II and Bioiberica by Saria in the food and pharmaceutical sectors
27.01.2012	Antitrust: Commission closes procedural case against Servier
15.12.2011	Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Belgian health company Omega Pharma by private equity fund manager Waterland and Belgian Alychlo
21.10.2011	Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Johnson & Johnson and Novartis
07.07.2011	Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Janssen Animal Health by pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly
10.06.2011	Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Ferrosan's Consumer Health Care Business by Pfizer
19.05.2011	Mergers: Commission clears proposed joint venture between Dutch pharma company DSM and Sinochem
28.04.2011	Antitrust: Commission opens investigation against pharmaceutical companies Cephalon and Teva
21.02.2011	Commission clears acquisition of joint control over Actamax by DSM and DuPont
17.01.2011	Antitrust: Commission launches second monitoring exercise of patent settlements in pharma sector
12.01.2011	Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Genzyme by Sanofi-Aventis

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