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Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. will receive $1.25 million from its partner Pfizer Inc. after the latter exceeded the sales target for a licensed anti-fungal drug in the Asia-Pacific region and China.
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Basilea Pharmaceutica to get $1.25m license fee from Pfizer

Switzerland’s Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. will receive $1.25 million from its partner Pfizer Inc. after the latter exceeded the sales target for a licensed.

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China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Association, has approved AstraZeneca Plc’s asthma drug.
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AstraZeneca’s asthma drug gets regulator’s approval in China

China’s drug regulator, the National Medical Products Association, has approved  AstraZeneca Plc’s asthma drug.

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A measles vaccine given to a child born by caesarean section is likely to be 2.6 times completely ineffective than a normal delivery, a study by the University of Cambridge found.
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Birth by C-section may double the chance of measles vaccine failure

HQ Team May 17, 2024: A measles vaccine given to a child born by caesarean section is likely to be 2.6 times completely.

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Forty-five per cent of 82 urban areas in China, with a total population of about 700 million, are sinking — with 16% falling at 10mm a year or more, a study finds.
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Beijing, Tianjin among sinking cities in China, UEA researchers say

HQ Team April 20, 2024: Forty-five percent of 82 urban areas in China, with a total population of about 700 million, are sinking.

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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and kills more children than any other infectious disease. Every day at least one child dies from pneumonia every 43 seconds, according to UNICEF.
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Opinion: Steps for prevention, spread, and monitoring pneumonia

By K. Leelamoni November 5, 2023: Outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in parts of northern China, the US,  the Netherlands, and Denmark are higher than.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is assessing the potential for failures in plastic syringes manufactured in China.
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FDA probes failure of syringes made in China for possible breakages

HQ Team December 1, 2023: The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is assessing the potential for failures in plastic syringes manufactured in.

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The USFDA has officially pulled out of its membership of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP), an organization currently chaired by China for the standardization of medical devices, due to a divergence of views.
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FDA pulls out of 33-member medical devices body as differences emerge

HQ Team November 28, 2023: The USFDA has officially pulled out of its membership of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP), an organization.

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The World Health Organisation is monitoring an increase in children’s illness caused by pathogens, including acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, in northern China.
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WHO keeping an eye on a surge of respiratory illness in northern China

The World Health Organization is monitoring an increase in children’s illness caused by pathogens, including acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, in northern China.

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An estimated five billion people will face inadequate access to water at least a month, every year by 2050 as melting snow, ice and glaciers threaten water security, according to a UN report.
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Water crisis to threaten 5 billion people globally by 2050: WMO

HQ Team October 12, 2023: An estimated five billion people will face inadequate access to water at least a month, every year by.

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US and Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based platform to predict earthquakes with 70% accuracy.
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US, China, AI developers invent new ways to predict earthquakes

HQ Team October 10, 2023: US and Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based platform to predict earthquakes with 70% accuracy. The AI.

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