The group apparently targets not only the company, but anyone who does business with the Huntington Life Sciences Group.  It appears it’s getting a little dangerous to be a CEO in pharma today, at least in Europe.  BDimage

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss police said on Thursday a second grave of the family of Novartis Chief Executive Daniel Vasella had been desecrated as part of what the firm believes is a new wave of attacks by militant animal rights activists.

Vandals sprayed a gravestone of the extended Vasella family with the slogan "Drop HLS Now," a reference to the British testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) that was often targeted in the past by animal rights activists, a police spokesman said.

Much of the action was focused on HLS, a contracting firm in eastern England which tests the safety of drugs, food additives and chemicals. In 2001, its chief operating officer was attacked by protesters wielding baseball bats.

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Novartis attacks signal new animal rights activism | Green Business | Reuters

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