Wegovy gets EU regulator backing on lowering heart risks in obese people
The European Medicines Agency has backed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy to expand the weight-loss drug’s application to lower heart risks and strokes in non-diabetic
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Mankind Pharma buys Bharat Serum and Vaccines for $1.6 billion
India’s Mankind Pharma will buy Mumbai-based Bharat Serums and Vaccines for 136 billion rupees ($1.63 billion), according to a company statement.
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16 Gaza Strip residents, mostly children, reach Spain for treatment
A woman and 15 other children from Gaza, who were undergoing medical care in Egypt for the last several months, have been evacuated
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Heatwaves killed 377 children in 2021 in Europe, Central Asia: UNICEF
About 377 children have died in 2021 due to rising temperatures across Europe and Central Asia, according to a new data analysis from
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Pfizer’s haemophilia A gene therapy cuts bleeding rates during trials
HQ Team July 25, 2024: Pfizer’s haemophilia A gene therapy has reduced bleeding rates in patients during an end-stage trial, according to a
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Biogen, Sage halt tremor trial after ‘disappointing’ oral drug results
An oral investigational drug jointly developed by Biogen Inc., and Sage Therapeutics Inc., failed to stop essential tremors in patients, forcing the companies
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PrEPVacc HIV trials’ results ‘surprising’ as dummy group clocks less infections
HIV vaccine trials conducted in Eastern and Southern Africa threw up surprising results when more infections were reported in the two vaccine groups
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Merck’s experimental RSV injection lowers infections in infants
The US-based Merck and Co.’s investigational medicine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease has resulted in lowering infections, according to
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Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy gets UK regulator nod to treat heart risks
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug to cut the risk of obesity and adults suffering
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Poliovirus type 2 detected in sewage samples in war-torn Gaza: WHO
The World Health Organization’s laboratory network has detected six variants of poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in sewage samples in war-torn Gaza and warned