With a neighbour as erratic as North Korea, Japan has been able to justify a number of security initiatives, including an enhanced military relationship with the United States, and the exploratory development of a missile-defence system.

ECONOMIST: Japan and China eye each other warily��as usual

Peter Kim, Merck's head of research and development, said on the company's conference call that the study for migraine prevention was "exploratory" and used a different dosing schedule than other telcagepant trials.

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