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Novo Nordisk A/S has sought approval from the European Medicines Agency for a higher dose of its weight-loss drug Wegovy, after trial data showed a third of participants losing 25% of their body weight.
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Novo Nordisk seeks EU nod for higher dose of its weight-loss drug Wegovy

HQ Team July 8, 2025: Novo Nordisk A/S has sought approval from the European Medicines Agency for a higher dose of its weight-loss.

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Novartis AG’s treatment for malaria in infants and newborns weighing between two and five kilograms has been approved in Switzerland, and eight African nations are set to follow.
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Novartis malaria drug for infants gets Swiss nod, 8 African nations in line

HQ Team July 8, 2025: Novartis AG’s treatment for malaria in infants and newborns weighing between two and five kilograms has been approved.

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Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. has received an additional $39 million from the US-based Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to continue to advance the end-stage trials of antifungals.
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Basilea gets $39 million additional funds from US’s BARDA

HQ Team July 8, 2025: Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. has received an additional $39 million from the US-based Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to.

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KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s medicine to treat hereditary angioedema, a rare disease that causes sudden and severe swelling attacks in the body, got approval from the US regulator. 
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KalVista’s oral pill for body swelling disorder gets US regulator’s nod 

HQ Team July 7, 2025: KalVista Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s medicine to treat hereditary angioedema, a rare disease that causes sudden and severe swelling attacks.

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Novartis AG’s end-stage trial of a drug to treat the inflammation of arteries, which affects people aged over 50 years, has failed to meet its primary goal of being symptom-free after a year of therapy.
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Novartis’ drug to treat inflammation of arteries fails in end-stage trials

HQ Team July 3, 2025: Novartis AG’s end-stage trial of a drug to treat the inflammation of arteries, which affects people aged over.

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The World Health Organization has unveiled a '3 by 35 initiative,’ urging governments to impose a health tax of about 50% on alcohol, sugary drinks and tobacco that are fuelling a noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemic globally.
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Slap 50% tax on alcohol, sugary drinks, tobacco to curb NCDs: WHO

HQ Team July 3, 2025: The World Health Organization has unveiled a ‘3 by 35 initiative,’ urging governments to impose a health tax.

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s drug for a type of blood cancer in patients who have received four treatments before, and the disease has recurred, has received the US regulator’s green light.
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Regenron’s drug to treat a type of blood cancer gets US regulator’s nod

HQ Team June 3, 2025: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s drug for a type of blood cancer in patients who have received four treatments before,.

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Organon & Co. has discontinued its clinical development programme for an oral medicine to treat endometriosis-related pain after it failed to meet its main efficacy goal.
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Organon halts endometriosis drug trial as it fails to meet efficacy goal

HQ Team July 2, 2025: Organon & Co. has discontinued its clinical development programme for an oral medicine to treat endometriosis-related pain after.

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The European Commission has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' drug to treat cystic fibrosis in adults and children above six years of age who have certain genetic mutations related to the disease.
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EC approves Vertex’s once-daily drug combination to treat cystic fibrosis 

HQ Team July 3, 2025:  The European Commission has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals‘ drug to treat cystic fibrosis in adults and children above six.

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Amgen Inc.’s drug to treat advanced gastric cancer, in combination with chemotherapy, showed that people lived longer compared to chemotherapy alone, according to a company statement.
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Amgen’s trial drug for gastric cancer patients helps them live longer

HQ Team June 30, 2025: Amgen Inc.’s experimental drug to treat advanced gastric cancer, in combination with chemotherapy, showed that people lived longer.

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