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Emergent BioSolutions Inc., got the US drug regulator’s approval to expand its smallpox vaccine use to treat mpox, according to a company statement.
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Emergent gets US drug regulator’s nod to use its smallpox vaccine for mpox

Emergent BioSolutions Inc., got the US drug regulator’s approval to expand its smallpox vaccine use to treat mpox, according to a company statement.

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McKesson Corporation, the ninth-largest company by revenue in the US, will acquire Community Oncology Revitalization Enterprise Ventures, for $2.4 billion in cash to expand its oncology portfolio.
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McKesson Corp., to acquire Core Ventures for $2.4 billion in cash

McKesson Corporation, the ninth-largest company by revenue in the US, will acquire Community Oncology Revitalization Enterprise Ventures, for $2.4 billion in cash to expand its.

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Insulet Corporation, a tubeless insulin pump maker, got clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to add diabetes type 2 adult patients 18 years or older, to the treatment regime.
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Regulator okays Insulet’s insulin pump in US to treat type 2 diabetes

Insulet Corporation, a tubeless insulin pump maker, got clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to add diabetes type 2 adult patients.

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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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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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