BMJ  2007;335:690 (6 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.39356.459688.34

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Red Cross director acquitted of giving tainted blood: The former director of the Canadian Red Cross, Roger Perrault, and three other doctors were acquitted on Monday after a criminal trial in which they were accused of giving tainted blood to thousands of people with haemophilia who became infected with HIV or hepatitis C.

Eisai to appeal against court ruling on NICE: Eisai, the company that holds the licence for donepezil (Aricept), announced last week that it would appeal against an English High Court ruling that upholds guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) that denies the drug to NHS patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (BMJ 2007;335:319 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.630347.DB).

Congo struggles with Ebola virus: International efforts continued last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try to halt the spread of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Of 24 confirmed cases, six people have died.

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