Two of its molecules had negative results in clinical trials, including one licenced to Forest Laboratories.

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Butchers working in shops selling raw and ready-to-eat foods are the only businesses currently required to be licenced.

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For the drugs have not been rigorously tested nor licenced for such uses.

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The drug was licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency last year and is available from some health trusts.

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Getting a vaccine through its numerous trials to be licenced for public use was the big thrill in Mr Hilleman's life, he said.

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Music owned or at least licenced through the record companies.

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At the center of these recommendations is a 9-12 hour journey limit for horses (in keeping with the view of the European Commission's own scientific advisors), which is perfectly feasible given the abundance of slaughterhouses licenced to take horses, and would actually save money and red tape by harmonising with other laws.

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