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> As promised, Bayer has filed a European application for BAY 81-8973, a new hemophilia A treatment designed to improve upon the company's own Kogenate. Bayer plans to submit filings in other countries in the coming months. News

> Sanofi ($SNY) revealed that the head of its diabetes business resigned just weeks before the company unveiled flat sales projections for the business, inviting more scrutiny on a drugmaker working to move on from a high-profile CEO firing and fight new allegations of paying kickbacks to physicians. More

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> More turmoil in top ranks of Sanofi's diabetes business. News

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