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Novo Nordisk A/S’s data from a clinical trial of a weight-loss medicine, treating overweight and obese adult participants, showed patients lost about 23% of their body weight compared to a dummy group’s 2-3%.
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Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug CagriSema cuts weight by 23%

HQ Team June 22, 2025: Novo Nordisk A/S’s data from a clinical trial of a weight-loss medicine, treating overweight and obese adult participants,.

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Novo Nordisk’s experimental weight loss medicine amycretin helped overweight and obese adults lose up to 24% of their weight in a small study, according to a company statement.
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Novo Nordisk’s amycretin drug helps obese adults lose 24% weight

HQ Team June 21, 2025: Novo Nordisk’s experimental weight loss medicine amycretin helped overweight and obese adults lose up to 24% of their.

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The US drug regulator has announced an immediate review of new clinical trials that involve sending American citizens’ living cells to China and other “hostile countries” for the fear of genetic data misuse.
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US to review trials to stop genetic data misuse by China, ‘hostile’ nations

HQ Team June 19, 2025: The US drug regulator has announced an immediate review of new clinical trials that involve sending American citizens’.

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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk will advance its experimental drug amycretin, in both injection and oral forms, into end-stage trials in weight management based on completed clinical studies, according to a company statement.
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Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug to begin end-stage trials in early 2026

HQ Team July 13, 2025: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S will advance its experimental drug amycretin, in both injection and oral forms, into end-stage.

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Merck & Co.’s two oral cholesterol pill trials — one mid-stage and the other end-stage — showed “positive top-line results” on the efficacy and safety of the treatment in adults, according to the company.
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Merck’s oral pill for bad cholesterol shows ‘positive’ data during trials

HQ Team June 10, 2025: Merck & Co.’s two oral cholesterol pill trials — one mid-stage and the other end-stage — showed “positive.

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck & Co. Inc.’s jab for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants up to one year of age for the first RSV season.
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Merck & Co.’s RSV injection for infants gets nod from US drug regulator

HQ Team June 10, 2025: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck & Co. Inc.’s jab for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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A third of patients with a type of blood cancer, especially those whose disease had returned or not responded to other treatments, have shown “promising” results in an early Johnson & Johnson trial.
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A third of blood cancer cases in J&J trials live without detectable cancer 

HQ Team June 4, 2025: A third of patients with a type of blood cancer, especially those whose disease had returned or not.

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US-based Bristol Myers Squibb announced a $11.1 billion pact with Germany’s BioNTech SE for global co-development and co-commercialisation of an immunotherapy candidate to treat multiple tumour types.
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Bristol, BioNTech in $11.1b pact for immunotherapy candidate

HQ Team June 2, 2025: US-based Bristol Myers Squibb announced a $11.1 billion pact with Germany’s BioNTech SE for global co-development and co-commercialisation.

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Merck & Co., Inc.’s drug Keytruda, along with Gilead Sciences Inc.'s antibody-drug conjugate, cut the risk of an aggressive breast cancer advancement and death by 35% during an end-stage trial.
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Merck, Gilead’s drug for breast cancer cuts progression risk by 35 per cent

HQ Team June 1, 2025: Merck & Co., Inc.’s drug Keytruda, along with Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate, cut the risk of an.

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The US Department of Health and Human Services has terminated a contract awarded to Moderna Inc. for the late-stage development of a bird flu vaccine for humans.
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US terminates Moderna contract for investigational bird flu vaccine

HQ Team May 29, 2025: The US Department of Health and Human Services has terminated a contract awarded to Moderna Inc. for the.

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