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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs as drug prices come under pressure from governments seeking to reduce health care budgets.

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Global eye care leaders Ciba Vision and Alcon have renewed their partnership with the Centro Escolar University’s College of Optometry to provide continuing professional optometry education through an innovative online teaching portal.

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Research-based Swiss health care company Novartis has completed the merger of Alcon Inc. into Novartis.

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Naugdaw ang 36 ka mga panimalay sa nahitabong sunog sa sitio Cagudoy, barangay Basak dakbayan sa Lapulapu kagahapon sa sayong kabuntagon nga midanyos og P600 mil.

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  Fire destroyed at least 36 homes in sitio Cagudoy, barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City early morning yesterday.

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I already knew the drill – a hearty lunch followed by a quick drive around the block.

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NBI director Reynaldo Wycoco said the suspect, Rodel Alcon, 35, who reportedly belongs to the NPA’s Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda, swooped down on the Pagbilao police station along with 70 other rebels, killing Superintendent Cesar Santander and SPO3 Nestor Santiago.
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NBI director Reynaldo Wycoco said the suspect, Rodel Alcon, 35, who reportedly belongs to the NPA’s Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda, swooped down on the Pagbilao police station along with 70 other rebels, killing Superintendent Cesar Santander and SPO3 Nestor Santiago.
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