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Johnson & Johnson has decided to halt an experimental trial, in its final stages, on a drug to treat a form of hypertension, according to a company statement.
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J&J halts final phase of trials of a drug to treat hypertension, says “futile” 

HQ Team September 7, 2023: Johnson & Johnson has decided to halt an experimental trial, in its final stages, on a drug to.

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About 330,000 migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama risking their lives and facing human rights abuses, the UN stated.
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Refugee crossings through Darien Gap highest ever, says OHCHR

HQ Team September 6, 2023: About 330,000 migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama risking their.

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Biocon Ltd., an Indian biopharmaceutical company, has acquired Eywa Pharma Inc., an oral solid dosage manufacturing facility in the US for $7.7  million.
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Biocon buys Eywa Pharma’s US facility for $7.7 million

HQ Team September 6, 2023: Biocon Ltd., an Indian biopharmaceutical company, has acquired Eywa Pharma Inc., an oral solid dosage manufacturing facility in.

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Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has cleared a vaccine made by Pfizer Inc., and its German partner BioNTech SE that targets Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant alone.
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Pfizer, BioNTech’s Covid-19 variant vaccine gets UK nod

HQ Team September 6, 2023: Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has cleared a vaccine made by Pfizer Inc., and its German.

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Australian researchers have discovered an oral drug to treat excess bad cholesterol in the blood, a condition that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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New oral drug may help treat bad cholesterol in 5 years’ time

HQ Team September 5, 2023: Australian researchers have discovered an oral drug to treat excess bad cholesterol in the blood, a condition that.

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Dengue has claimed the lives of 569 people in  Bangladesh since it started in the last week of April, making it the largest outbreak the South Asian nation has ever witnessed. 
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Dengue kills 569 people in Bangladesh, WHO drafts response plan

HQ Team September 4, 2023: Dengue has claimed the lives of 569 people in  Bangladesh since it started in the last week of.

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Semaglutide based weightloss drugs tied to increased suicide risk in a new study
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Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy enters the UK market 

HQ Team September 4, 2023: Novo Nordisk, a Danish drugmaker, announced its weight-loss medicine, Wegovy, will be available in the UK in a.

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The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and even its very terminology. Molecular biologists at the Cornell University revisited the syndrome, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and found it may be triggered by viral infections.
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Jury still out on chronic fatigue syndrome’s causes, treatment

HQ Team September 3, 2023: The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and.

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A simple blood test can diagnose Parkinson’s disease which afflicts more than 10 million people globally, according to researchers at the Duke University Health Systems.
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Simple blood test can diagnose Parkinson’s Disease at an early stage

HQ Team September 2, 2023: A simple blood test can diagnose Parkinson’s disease which afflicts more than 10 million people globally, according to.

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Scientists have converted cancer cells to healthy ones to treat a devastating pediatric cancer through a method called differentiation therapy.
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US scientists unveil treatment to convert cancer cells into healthy ones

HQ Team September 3, 2023: Scientists have converted cancer cells to healthy ones to treat a devastating pediatric cancer through a method called.

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