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FibroGen Inc., a US-based pharmaceutical company, will sell its China subsidiary to AstraZeneca Plc. for $160 million, allowing the Anglo-Swedish firm to gain access to an anaemia drug in the world’s most populated nation.
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AstraZeneca Plc buys China unit of FibroGen Inc for $160 million

HQ Team February 21, 2025: FibroGen Inc., a US-based pharmaceutical company, will sell its China subsidiary to AstraZeneca Plc. for $160 million, allowing.

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NCD cause of 81 percent deaths in under 70 says report
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28% of elderly Indians prescribed potentially harmful medications: Study

HQ Times February 19, 2025: A new study has revealed that 28 out of every 100 elderly individuals in India are being prescribed.

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Merck & Co’s drug, for treating adult patients with kidney and pancreatic cancer, tumours, and who had prior treatment, has been “conditionally” approved by the European Commission, according to a company statement.
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EC grants ‘conditional’ nod for Merck’s drug to treat VHL disease

HQ Team February 18, 2025: Merck and Co’s drug, for treating adult patients with kidney and pancreatic cancer, tumours and who had prior.

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Bain Capital, a US-based private investment company, will buy the pharmaceutical arm of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. for $3.3 billion, according to the Massachusetts-based firm.
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Bain Capital to buy Japan’s Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma for $3.3 billion

Bain Capital, a US-based private investment company, will buy the pharmaceutical arm of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. for $3.3 billion, according to.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ drug to treat a rare and life-threatening genetic disease known as familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS), according to a statement.
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AbbVie’s drug-resistant abdominal infection medicine gets US nod

HQ Team February 10, 2025: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Emblaveo, a new antibiotic combination of aztreonam and avibactam,.

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United Therapeutics Corporation, a public benefit corporation, got approval from US regulators to start a clinical trial for organ transplantation from genetically modified pigs to treat kidney disease.
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US regulator approves pig organ transplant trial to treat kidney disease 

United Therapeutics Corporation, a public benefit corporation, got approval from US regulators to start a clinical trial for organ transplantation from genetically modified.

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mrnA cancer vaccine
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Tailored kidney cancer trial vaccine shows recurrence-free survival

HQ Team  February 6, 2025: A phase I clinical trial has shown that personalized cancer vaccines targeting driver mutations can lead to 100%.

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Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc’s injection for treating people with advanced Parkinson’s disease got a green light from the US regulator after two earlier rejections.
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Supernus’ injection to treat advanced Parkinson’s gets US regulator’s nod

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc’s injection for treating people with advanced Parkinson’s disease got a green light from the US regulator after two earlier rejections.

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All the US Agency for International Development (USAID) direct hire personnel have been placed on administrative leave globally.
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Staff of USAID placed on leave, overseas missions may shut down

All the US Agency for International Development (USAID) direct hire personnel have been placed on administrative leave globally.

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The world’s first-ever clinical efficacy trial of a vaccine for Ebola disease arising out of the Sudan virus has started in Uganda, the WHO stated.
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First vaccine efficacy trial for Sudan Ebola during an outbreak starts in Uganda

The world’s first-ever clinical efficacy trial of a vaccine for Ebola disease arising out of the Sudan virus has started in Uganda, the.

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