https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said on Friday it has won approval to market its Cosentyx psoriasis treatment in Japan, making it the first country to authorise commercialisation of the drug. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141227/novartis-to-launch-psoriasis-drug-in-japan Sat, 27 Dec 2014 11:12:00 +0100 novartis-to-launch-psoriasis-drug-in-japan India on Monday denied revoking additional patents related to Roche Holding's breast cancer drug Herceptin, saying the Swiss pharma failed to follow legal procedures so the applications lapsed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130806/india-denies-revoking-roche-cancer-drug-patent Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:59:00 +0200 india-denies-revoking-roche-cancer-drug-patent A Japanese university is to retract a study that touted the effectiveness of a blood pressure drug made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis because it was based on fabricated data. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130731/japanese-university-to-retract-novartis-drug-study Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:32:00 +0200 japanese-university-to-retract-novartis-drug-study A two-year police operation has brought down an international drug ring, with authorities in a number of countries seizing 45 kilos of cocaine and arresting 15 people, a Swiss prosecutor's office said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120920/police-smash-global-drug-ring-swiss-prosecutor Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:14:11 +0200 police-smash-global-drug-ring-swiss-prosecutor