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Holyrood cleaned out for summer
BBC Scotland political reporter John Knox looks back at the week in the Scottish Parliament.

Asbestos disease support group backs Hardie tax break ruling
The Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support group in south-east Victoria is welcoming a ruling on a tax break for the James Hardie compensation fund.

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ExxonMobil ordered to pay $5 million to widow
An 11-person jury ordered ExxonMobil to pay $5 million to the widow of a former contract worker at the companys Baton Rouge plant who died of a disease caused by exposure to asbestos in the 1960s.

Updated Analysis in Second-Line Treatment of Lung Cancer Trial Confirms Similar Survival for Alimta(R) and Docetaxel
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Updated Analysis in Second-Line Treatment of Lung Cancer Trial Confirms Similar Survival for Alimta(R) and Docetaxel
Data presented today at the 42nd American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga., affirms that ALIMTA , manufactured and marketed by Eli Lilly and Company, offers patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer similar overall survival as docetaxel .

CuraGen, TopoTarget start phase II trial with mesothelioma drug
CuraGen Corporation and TopoTarget A/S announced the initiation of patient dosing in a phase II clinical trial evaluating the activity of PXD101, a small molecule histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, for the treatment of mesothelioma.

Lilly Breast Cancer Studies Explore Potential Role of Pharmacogenomics in Customizing Chemotherapy
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