Portugal is struck with 'mad-cow disease'; EU export ban drives stake into beef industry

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The European Union has imposed an export ban on beef originating in Portugal. The decision follows reports of cattle infected with 'mad-cow disease', or bovine spongiform cephalopathy - the same symptom which struck the British beef industry earlier. While Portugal does not export large quantities of beef, the ban is being felt within the country, as possibly- infected cattle are slaughtered by the hundreds and demand for beef products has fallen dramatically. Government officials attribute the disease to British cattle that were imported in the 1980s.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Government regulation (cont), European Union, Livestock, Except Dairy and Poultry, Beef Cattle, Cattle Ranching and Farming, Portugal, Product defects and recalls, Abstract

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Trials of Promising Alzheimer's Drug, Metrefonate, Are put on Hold by Bayer

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Bayer AG halted trials of metrifonate due to reported muscle weakness. In a small number of patients respiratory support was required. Bayer will conducted a detailed study of this development. Metrifonate has been in use for some time to treat schistosomiasis, a parasitic disorder. Bayer reported the muscle weakness to the FDA, who agreed with the suspension of the trials. Bayer expressed disappointment with the evident failure of the drug, because it had shown encouraging results. Metrifonate inhibits the enzyme acetylcholinesterase.

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Bayer discontinues Alzheimer's drug

Germany, Science & research, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Alzheimer Disease Controllers, Bayer AG, Anti-Alzheimer's disease agents, Article

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U.K. officials say British sheep may have contracted disease

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U.K. government officials stated that preliminary test results indicate for the first time that British sheep may have gotten infected with mad-cow disease in the early 1990s, but that consumers could continue eating lamb.

United Kingdom, Government domestic functions, Sheep and goats, Sheep Farming, Sheep, Lambs, Social policy, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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