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Johnson & Johnson plans to acquire Israel’s privately-held V-Wave Ltd., for an upfront payment of $600 million, according to a statement from the US-based company.
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J&J plans to acquire Israel’s V-Wave by paying $600 million upfront

Johnson & Johnson plans to acquire Israel’s privately-held V-Wave Ltd., for an upfront payment of $600 million, according to a statement from the.

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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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Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, got a green light from the country’s drug regulator for its immunotherapy treatment for a rare form of blood cancer that affects the skin.
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Citius’s blood cancer drug gets US regulatory body’s clearance 

Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, got a green light from the country’s drug regulator for its immunotherapy treatment for a rare.

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https://www.merck.com/news/daiichi-sankyo-and-merck-enter-into-global-development-and-commercialization-agreement-for-mk-6070/
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Daiichi Sankyo to pay Merck $170 million for cancer test drug rights

Daiichi Sankyo will pay Merck & Co. Inc., $170 million upfront to bag commercialization and development rights of the latter’s test drug for.

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A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested in mice, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Scientists develop potential compound to neutralise flesh-eating bacteria

A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested.

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A new cardiovascular disease risk calculator may render 16 million US citizens ineligible for preventive therapy if the current guidelines for cholesterol and high blood pressure treatment remain the same, according to a Harvard Medical School study.
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New cardiovascular risk calculator may impose a burden on 16 million US citizens

HQ Team August 6, 2024: A new cardiovascular disease risk calculator may render 16 million US citizens ineligible for preventive therapy if the.

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Seventeen types of cancer are common in US millennials and the incidence rate for some forms is two to three times higher in people born in 1990 than in 1995, a study reveals.
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GenX faces a higher risk of 17 cancer types than older generation

Seventeen types of cancer are common in US millennials and the incidence rate for some forms is two to three times higher in.

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WHO issues global warning on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie pathogen
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WHO warns on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie spread

HQ Team August 4, 2024: The WHO has warned about the rising global incidence of hypervirulent and multi-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae (hvKp) infections. The.

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The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in six backyard species in the southeastern US state of Virginia with unique viral mutations with lineages closely matching variants circulating in humans, according to a study.
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Backyard species in US gets Covid-19 through human-to-animal spread

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in six backyard species in the southeastern US state of Virginia with unique viral mutations with lineages closely.

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The European Medicines Agency has backed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy to expand the weight-loss drug’s application to lower heart risks and strokes in non-diabetic adults with obesity, according to a statement from the EU regulator.
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Wegovy gets EU regulator backing on lowering heart risks in obese people

The European Medicines Agency has backed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy to expand the weight-loss drug’s application to lower heart risks and strokes in non-diabetic.

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