“The virtual cows have been named Myrtle, Buttercup, Jesse, Ethel, Daisy and Boris”

New Zealand scientists make fake cows to look into methane emissions. These faux-beasts have artificial stomachs, the contents of which ferment to leave nicely filled “poo jars”.

Malvinder Singh, Ranbaxy’s chief executive, said he aimed to “take products back to the US market at the earliest possible time.”

Indian generics company Ranbaxy hopes to get around the FDA’s ban on imports from the company by buying production facilities in the US, or in another country where those facilities have already approved by the FDA.