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Measles cases worldwide have risen 20% year-on-year in 2023 to about 10.3 million due to inadequate access to vaccines, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization.
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Measles cases surge worldwide, access to vaccine is ‘inadequate’: WHO

Measles cases worldwide have risen 20% year-on-year in 2023 to about 10.3 million due to inadequate access to vaccines, according to new estimates.

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Britain's AstraZeneca will invest $3.5 billion in the US, its largest market, to expand its research and manufacturing footprint by the end of 2026, according to a company statement.
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AstraZeneca to invest $3.5 billion in the US to expand global footprint

Britain's AstraZeneca will invest $3.5 billion in the US, its largest market, to expand its research and manufacturing footprint by the end of.

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US farm workers exposed to bird flu who do not show symptoms and do not wear personal protection equipment should be tested for the virus, according to the nation’s national public health agency.
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US public health agency updates bird flu guidance for farm workers 

US farm workers exposed to bird flu who do not show symptoms and do not wear personal protection equipment should be tested for.

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Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk’s end-stage trial in patients with fatty liver disease saw reduced liver scarring (fibrosis) and its resolution without worsening the condition.
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Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug reduces liver scarring in end-stage trial

Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk’s end-stage trial in patients with fatty liver disease saw reduced liver scarring (fibrosis) and its resolution without.

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AbbVie Inc. will acquire Aliada Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing drugs to treat diseases of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer’s disease, for $1.4 billion in cash.
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AbbVie to acquire Aliada for $1.4 billion, bags Alzheimer’s therapy 

AbbVie Inc. will acquire Aliada Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing drugs to treat diseases of the central nervous system such as.

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AstraZeneca Plc’s drug Fasenra got approval from the European Union regulator for treating adult patients with a rare inflammation of blood vessels.
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AstraZeneca’s drug to treat rare blood vessel disease gets EU nod

AstraZeneca Plc’s drug Fasenra got approval from the European Union regulator for treating adult patients with a rare inflammation of blood vessels.

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GSK Plc., will invest $800 million in its manufacturing facility in the US — the largest investment to date in the country — to make sterile liquid vaccines and medicines as demand grows.
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GSK to invest $800 million in US to double capacity at Marietta facility

GSK Plc., will invest $800 million in its manufacturing facility in the US — the largest investment to date in the country — to.

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Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide drug to treat type 2 diabetes helped reduce heart diseases by 14% compared to a dummy medicine in a trial, according to a statement.
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Novo’s type 2 oral diabetic drug cuts heart diseases by 14% in a trial

Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide drug to treat type 2 diabetes helped reduce heart diseases by 14% compared to a dummy.

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Astellas Pharma Inc.’s therapy to treat a form of gastric cancer got approval from the US drug regulator, according to a company statement.
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Astellas Pharma gets US regulator’s nod for its gastric cancer drug 

Astellas Pharma Inc.’s therapy to treat a form of gastric cancer got approval from the US drug regulator, according to a company statement.

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. has withdrawn its bladder cancer drug from the US market and stopped its confirmatory clinical trial after it failed to extend the lives of patients who had undergone prior treatments.
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Gilead’s end-stage confirmatory trials of bladder cancer drug fail

Gilead Sciences, Inc. has withdrawn its bladder cancer drug from the US market and stopped its confirmatory clinical trial after it failed to.

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