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Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc’s gastroparesis drug to treat a serious stomach condition was rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which asked for additional studies, according to a company statement.
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FDA faces Vanda’s ire as it rejects firm’s gastroparesis drug application

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc’s gastroparesis drug to treat a serious stomach condition was rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which asked for.

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Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health stopped a trial after they gathered sufficient evidence that an experimental drug to treat a rare bleeding disorder was safe and effective, according to a statement.
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Bleeding disorder trial halted after pomalidomide drug proves efficacy

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health stopped a trial after they gathered sufficient evidence that an experimental drug to treat a.

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The US-based Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will help Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd., to develop antifungals and antibacterials with an initial funding of $29 million.
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Basilea in $268m pact with BRDA for antifungals, antibacterials

The US-based Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will help Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd., to develop antifungals and antibacterials with an initial funding.

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Merck & Co’s combination drug, Keytruda, which treats advanced lung cancer, has been approved by the US drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration.
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Merck’s advanced lung cancer drug gets US drug regulator’s nod

Merck & Co’s combination drug, Keytruda, which treats advanced lung cancer, has been approved by the US drug regulator, the Food and Drug.

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Surgery-free cataracts may be possible in the future after researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a protein that can reverse and manage the clouding of the eye’s lens or lead to the development of a drug.
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Protein discovery in animal studies holds hope for surgery-free cataract

Surgery-free cataracts may be possible in the future after researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a protein that can reverse and.

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US-based pharmaceutical company Organon & Co., will acquire Riovant Sciences Ltd’s arm — Dermavant Sciences Ltd., specialising in immuno-dermatology — for $1.2 billion.
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Organon & Co to buy Riovant’s arm Dermavant Sciences for $1.2 billion

US-based pharmaceutical company Organon & Co., will acquire Riovant Sciences Ltd’s arm — Dermavant Sciences Ltd., specialising in immuno-dermatology — for $1.2 billion.

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The US Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca Plc’s Fasenra for treatment in adult patients with a rare inflammation of blood vessels.
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AstraZeneca’s rare disease drug Fasenra gets US regulator’s nod

The US Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca Plc’s Fasenra for treatment in adult patients with a rare inflammation of blood vessels.

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Antibiotic-resistant infections may kill 39.1 million people in the next 25 years equating to three deaths a minute, a global study finds.
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Antimicrobial resistance may kill 39.1 million people by 2050: GRAM

Antibiotic-resistant infections may kill 39.1 million people in the next 25 years equating to three deaths a minute, a global study finds.

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Daiichi Sankyo and Merck & Co., Inc. will initiate talks with global regulatory agencies after an end-stage trial of its drug for a form of lung cancer improved patients’ chances of extending survival without the disease progressing.
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Daiichi Sankyo-Merck’s trial lung cancer drug meets primary goal

Daiichi Sankyo and Merck & Co., Inc. will initiate talks with global regulatory agencies after an end-stage trial of its drug for a.

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The aid got diverted to fighting inflation, debt, and new wars. “Unfortunately, aid isn’t keeping pace with these needs, particularly in the places that need it the most.”
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40 million children will experience stunted growth in next 26 years: Gates

Billionaire Bill Gates, who describes malnutrition as the “world’s worst child health crisis,” said in the next 25 years, about 40 million children will be.

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