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Swiss Approve Novartis International AG Drug For Blindness

August 29, 2006 | 
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Drugmaker Novartis AG said on Tuesday that Switzerland had become the first European country to approve the company's Lucentis drug as a treatment for a leading cause of blindness in people over age 50.
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