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KKR to acquire majority stake in India’s HCG for $400 million

US-based private equity and advisory investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. will pay CVC Capital Partners $400 million to acquire a majority stake.

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US regulator clears Mirum’s oral drug for reducing cholesterol deposits

Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s oral cholesterol drug for treating a rare metabolic disease has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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UN humanitarian aid system facing ‘greatest test’ since creation: Relief chief

The international humanitarian aid system of the United Nations, set up after the Second World War, is facing the “greatest test since creation”.

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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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EC grants ‘conditional’ nod for Merck’s drug to treat VHL disease

HQ Team February 18, 2025: Merck and Co’s drug, for treating adult patients with kidney and pancreatic cancer, tumours and who had prior.

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Indian billionaire Adani to invest $686.2m to build 2 health campuses

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s family plans to invest 60 billion rupees ($686.18 million) to set up two health campuses in the Indian cities of.

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Bain Capital to buy Japan’s Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma for $3.3 billion

Bain Capital, a US-based private investment company, will buy the pharmaceutical arm of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. for $3.3 billion, according to.

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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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EssilorLuxottica gets regulator nod for audio glasses in US, EU for hearing loss

Franco-Italian EssilorLuxottica SA got approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market its over-the-counter audio glasses in the US for people with.

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EU panel gives a positive opinion for AstraZeneca’s cancer drug

AstraZeneca’s drug for treating limited-stage small cell lung cancer got a recommendation for approval from an EU regulator panel, according to the British-Swedish.

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