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Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a US-based biotechnology company, announced its mid-stage trial on a non-opioid oral drug for patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy has yielded positive results.
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Venture capitalists, scientists plan biomedical research unit for new drugs

HQ Team January 13, 2024: High-profile scientists and financiers are pooling resources to launch a biomedical research facility that they claim will offer

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The first human trials for a vaccine against Nipah virus have been started by the University of Oxford, according to a statement.
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University of Oxford starts human trials to develop vaccine against Nipah virus 

HQ Team January 11, 2023: The first human trials for a vaccine against Nipah virus have been started by the University of Oxford,

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British drugmaker GSK Plc., will pay $1.4 billion to acquire Anglo-American biopharmaceutical company  Aiolos Bio Inc., which makes medicines to treat asthma.
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GSK Plc., to buy asthma drugmaker Aiolos Bio for $1.4 billion  

HQ Team January 9, 2023: British drugmaker GSK Plc., will pay $1.4 billion to acquire Anglo-American biopharmaceutical company  Aiolos Bio Inc., which makes

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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk declared its late-stage experimental once-weekly diabetes drug IcoSema achieved its primary endpoint of proving “non-inferiority” in lowering blood sugar levels.
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Novo Nordisk diabetes drug meets trial goals against insulin glargine

 HQ Team January 9, 2023: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk declared its late-stage experimental once-weekly diabetes drug IcoSema achieved its primary endpoint of proving “non-inferiority” in

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Merck & Co., will acquire Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc., for $680 million to expand its cancer drug portfolio — a transaction expected to close by the middle of this year.
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Merck to buy Harpoon for $680 million to step up cancer portfolio

HQ Team January 8, 2024: Merck & Co., will acquire Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc., for $680 million to expand its cancer drug portfolio —

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Johnson & Johnson will buy Ambrx Biopharma, Inc., a company developing targeted chemotherapy treatments, for $2 billion in cash.
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J&J to purchase Ambrx Biopharma for $2 billion in all-cash deal

HQ Team January 8, 2023: Johnson & Johnson will buy Ambrx Biopharma, Inc., a company developing targeted chemotherapy treatments, for $2 billion in cash.

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About 17,000 people may have died in six countries after using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study.
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Antimalarial drug may have killed 17,000 people in first Covid-19 wave

HQ Team January 8, 2024: About 17,000 people may have died in six countries after using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine during the first wave

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The prevalence of JN.1, a Covid-19 sub-variant, has risen to 62% in the US on Jan. 5 compared to two weeks prior, according to the National Public Health Agency.
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JN.1 sub-variant Covid-19 cases rise to 62% in the US, says CDC 

HQ Team January 8, 2023: The prevalence of JN.1, a Covid-19 sub-variant, has risen to 62% in the US on Jan. 5 compared

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Semaglutide based weightloss drugs tied to increased suicide risk in a new study
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Eli Lilly’s LillyDirect offers direct access to obesity medication

HQ team January 6, 2024: Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company will now be selling its weightless drug directly to the consumer via its

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More than 35,000 sexual safety incidents, ranging from abusive remarks to rape, have been allegedly perpetrated by staff, patients, or visitors at the National Health Service of the UK for five years ending 2022, a probe by The Guardian and British Medical Journal found.
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Bipolar disorder linked to significant decrease in life expectancy

HQ Team January 6, 2024: A recent study from the University of Michigan reveals a surprising correlation between bipolar disorder and a significant

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