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5 Boots responded to news that its j
5 Manoplax heart treatment had been j
5 cleared and SmithKline Beecham to j
5 US marketing approval for its Paxil j
5 anti-depressant. j
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5 Fisons' Tilade asthma drug has been j
5 approved, although the label must j
5 state that trials showed it offered j
5 no benefits over its Intal drug. j
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5 Finally, Amersham International won j
5 the go-ahead to market its Indiclor j
5 tumour-imaging agent. j
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