Diseases, health emergencies batter Horn of Africa: WHO
HQ Team November 4, 2022: Disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies have reached their highest-ever level this century in the Horn of Africa,
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Pfizer, BioNTech start trial on one vaccine to prevent both Covid-19, influenza
HQ Team November 4, 2022: The US-based drugmaker Pfizer Inc and Germany’s BioNTech have started clinical trials for a vaccine to prevent both
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Invasive mosquito derails malaria program in Africa
Invasive mosquito species has experts worried about malaria spread in Africa
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Climate finance targets for developing nations unmet: UN
HQ Team November 3, 2022: Key targets to mobilize climate finance for developing nations are still unmet, even when global climate funding is
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Diabetes, obesity drugs boost Novo Nordisk profit, sales
Novo Nordisk net profit rose 14% year-on-year in nine months to September as it forecasted higher profit and sales for the year on
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Two Indian firms get FDA nod for drugs to treat ulcerative colitis, fight ammonia
HQ Team November 2, 2022: Two public Indian pharmaceutical companies have received USFDA approvals for selling drugs meant to treat ulcerative colitis and
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Eli Lilly grants $50 mn for Purdue University research
HQ Team November 2, 2022: Eli Lilly and Company and Purdue University will create a new pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and have renewed
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Verge Genomics starts human trials with AI drug
Verge Genomics, backed by Eli Lilly and Merck & Co., announced it had dosed a human during clinical trials with a drug discovered
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Dearth of Philips MRI-guided breast biopsy plates hit US
The FDA has told healthcare providers to consider different MRI-guided breast biopsy procedure options due to a shortage of grid plates and coil