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Long-standing allies and new contributors have stepped up funding to the cash-strapped World Health Organization with a total of $170 million.
Drugs Health Pharma

Governments, philanthropic partners pledge $170 million to WHO

HQ Team May 21, 2025: Long-standing allies and new contributors have stepped up funding to the cash-strapped World Health Organization with a total.

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Pfizer Inc. has signed a licensing deal worth about $6 billion with China’s 3SBio to develop, manufacture and commercialise an experimental cancer drug.
Drugs Health Pharma

Pfizer signs $6 billion licensing deal with China’s 3SBio for cancer drug

HQ Team May 20, 2025: Pfizer Inc. has signed a licensing deal worth about $6 billion with China’s 3SBio to develop, manufacture and.

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More than one in four cars sold worldwide is set to be electric this year, as the growth of electric vehicles is on course to exceed 40% in another five years, according to an International Energy Agency report.
Climate Health Research

Adaption of electric vehicles surges globally: One in four cars sold is an EV

HQ Team May 19, 2025: More than one in four cars sold worldwide is set to be electric this year, as the growth.

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British-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc’s medicine used for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been approved in the UK with a new propellant suited for the environment.
Climate Drugs Health

AstraZeneca’s environment-friendly inhaler gets UK regulator’s nod

HQ Team May 12, 2025: British-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc’s medicine used for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been approved in the UK.

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AstraZeneca’s combination drug for the treatment of adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer has got approval from the European Union.
Drugs Health Pharma

AstraZeneca’s lung cancer drug combination gets EU approval 

HQ Team April 4, 2025: AstraZeneca’s combination drug for the treatment of adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer has got approval from.

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Merck & Co., Inc. has bought global rights for an experimental oral drug to treat heart diseases from China’s Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. in a $2 billion deal.
Drugs Health Pharma

Merck signs $2b licensing deal with Jiangsu Hengrui for heart disease drug

HQ Team March 25, 2025: Merck & Co., Inc. has bought global rights for an experimental oral drug to treat heart diseases from.

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Novo Nordisk has inked a $2 billion licensing pact with United Laboratories International for the development, manufacturing and commercialising of the Chinese company’s “triple G” weight-loss candidate.
Drugs Medical Pharma

Novo Nordisk in $2b deal with Chinese firm for ‘triple-G’ obesity drug

HQ Team February 25, 2025: Novo Nordisk has inked a $2 billion licensing pact with United Laboratories International for the development, manufacturing and.

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Remember that Covid-19 is still with us, continuously evolving and forming new lineages and we still need to stay ahead of it. Maintaining a cautious vigilance rather than undue panic is the need of the day.
Health Research

Covid-like virus HKU5 discovered by China’s Wuhan Institute scientists

HQ Team February 24, 2025: Chinese virologists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology have found another bat coronavirus that carries the risk of.

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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.
Drugs Health Pharma

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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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, has given a four-point rebuttal to the US government’s accusations against the global health agency after the nation withdrew from being a member.
Drugs Health Medical

WHO director-general rebuts US criticism, plans to cut budget

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, has given a four-point rebuttal to the US government’s accusations against the global.

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