Plasterk rules himself out as next PM but denies wrongdoing
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Former minister Ronald Plasterk has ruled himself out as a potential prime minister in the next Dutch government after questions were raised about his handling of a patent for a cancer medicine. Plasterk, 67, was never officially nominated for the job, but was widely tipped to be PVV leader Geert Wilders’s choice to head the cabinet that is being formed by a quartet of right-wing parties. Last week allegations that he claimed sole patent rights for a cancer vaccine that

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