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Moderna Inc., a biotechnology company, and Merck announced that an experimental personalised cancer vaccine, based on the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the USFDA.
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Merck’s Keytruda receives FDA nod for cervical cancer treatment

HQ Team January 13, 2024: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the expanded use of Merck & Co’s.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a US-based biotechnology company, announced its mid-stage trial on a non-opioid oral drug for patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy has yielded positive results.
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Venture capitalists, scientists plan biomedical research unit for new drugs

HQ Team January 13, 2024: High-profile scientists and financiers are pooling resources to launch a biomedical research facility that they claim will offer.

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The first human trials for a vaccine against Nipah virus have been started by the University of Oxford, according to a statement.
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University of Oxford starts human trials to develop vaccine against Nipah virus 

HQ Team January 11, 2023: The first human trials for a vaccine against Nipah virus have been started by the University of Oxford,.

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British drugmaker GSK Plc., will pay $1.4 billion to acquire Anglo-American biopharmaceutical company  Aiolos Bio Inc., which makes medicines to treat asthma.
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GSK Plc., to buy asthma drugmaker Aiolos Bio for $1.4 billion  

HQ Team January 9, 2023: British drugmaker GSK Plc., will pay $1.4 billion to acquire Anglo-American biopharmaceutical company  Aiolos Bio Inc., which makes.

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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk declared its late-stage experimental once-weekly diabetes drug IcoSema achieved its primary endpoint of proving “non-inferiority” in lowering blood sugar levels.
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Novo Nordisk diabetes drug meets trial goals against insulin glargine

 HQ Team January 9, 2023: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk declared its late-stage experimental once-weekly diabetes drug IcoSema achieved its primary endpoint of proving “non-inferiority” in.

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Merck & Co., will acquire Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc., for $680 million to expand its cancer drug portfolio — a transaction expected to close by the middle of this year.
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Merck to buy Harpoon for $680 million to step up cancer portfolio

HQ Team January 8, 2024: Merck & Co., will acquire Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc., for $680 million to expand its cancer drug portfolio —.

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Johnson & Johnson will buy Ambrx Biopharma, Inc., a company developing targeted chemotherapy treatments, for $2 billion in cash.
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J&J to purchase Ambrx Biopharma for $2 billion in all-cash deal

HQ Team January 8, 2023: Johnson & Johnson will buy Ambrx Biopharma, Inc., a company developing targeted chemotherapy treatments, for $2 billion in cash..

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About 17,000 people may have died in six countries after using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study.
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Antimalarial drug may have killed 17,000 people in first Covid-19 wave

HQ Team January 8, 2024: About 17,000 people may have died in six countries after using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine during the first wave.

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The prevalence of JN.1, a Covid-19 sub-variant, has risen to 62% in the US on Jan. 5 compared to two weeks prior, according to the National Public Health Agency.
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JN.1 sub-variant Covid-19 cases rise to 62% in the US, says CDC 

HQ Team January 8, 2023: The prevalence of JN.1, a Covid-19 sub-variant, has risen to 62% in the US on Jan. 5 compared.

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Semaglutide based weightloss drugs tied to increased suicide risk in a new study
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Eli Lilly’s LillyDirect offers direct access to obesity medication

HQ team January 6, 2024: Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company will now be selling its weightless drug directly to the consumer via its.

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