More than 200 land defenders died globally in 2023, Colombia deadliest
More than 200 people were murdered worldwide last year while trying to protect their lands and the environment from corporations, governments and non-state.
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Johnson & Johnson stops mid-stage trial of drug for dengue prevention
Johnson & Johnson has discontinued its mid-stage trial, evaluating an antiviral drug, mosnodenvir, for the prevention of dengue.
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Recordati buys Sanofi’s drug for autoimmune disease for $825 million
Italy’s Recordati will acquire global rights for Sanofi’s drug Enjaymo, used in the treatment of a rare autoimmune disease that causes the body's.
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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk to invest $158 million in Brazil insulin facility
Novo Nordisk will invest 864 million reais ($158 million) to revamp its Brazil unit, which accounts for 25% of the drugmaker’s insulin shipments.
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EMA starts review of medicines to treat hair loss, prostate enlargement
The European Medicines Agency is reviewing two medicines meant to treat hair loss and prostate enlargement following concerns regarding suicidal ideation and behaviours.
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UK scientists receive funding to develop world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine
HQ Team October 4, 2024: Researchers at the University of Oxford have received £600,000 (€719,960) from Cancer Research UK to fund their project.
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AstraZeneca’s experimental blood cancer drug gets US priority review
British-Swedish AstraZeneca’s drug for treatment of a form of blood cancer has been granted a Priority Review in the US by the drug.
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Gilead signs six global pacts to make, sell generic HIV preventive drug
Gilead Sciences, Inc. has signed non-exclusive, royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements with six pharmaceutical makers to make and sell its generic lenacapavir drug for the prevention.
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WHO reports new case of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia, risk ‘moderate’
The WHO has been notified of a human case of Middle East Respiratory coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Amplifica’s human trial medicine for hair growth shows 15% more efficacy
Amplifica Holdings Group Inc.’s first-in-human trial of an injectable medicine for treating hair loss has shown a more than 15% increase in non-vellus.