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Africa CDC and Aspen Pharmacare aim to boost vaccine output in Africa

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, May 12 (Reuters) - The African Union's public health agency and South African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare are in talks on a long‑term framework aimed at boosting vaccine production on the continent, after the COVID‑19 pandemic exposed its overreliance on imports. Africa Centres ...
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Rigel strikes licensing deal for Pfizer and Arvinas’ breast cancer drug

May 12 (Reuters) - Rigel Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday it has struck a global licensing deal for Arvinas and Pfizer's recently approved breast cancer drug, marking Rigel's fourth commercial product on the market. Shares of Rigel were up over 5% in premarket trading. Here ...
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Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s quarterly profit slumps on cancer therapy impairments

HYDERABAD, May 12 (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy's reported an 86% slump in quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by an impairment charge linked to its discontinued cancer therapy program. Consolidated net profit dropped to 2.21 billion rupees ($23.1 million) in the quarter ended ...
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A new name for PCOS, the most common cause of infertility

By Nancy Lapid May 12 (Reuters) - A disorder that affects 170 million women worldwide and is the leading cause of infertility known as polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is being renamed to improve diagnosis and care, researchers announced on Tuesday at a medical meeting. ...
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Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows to 11

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Spain's health ministry announced Tuesday. The World Health Organization said it has confirmed 11 cases, including three people from ...
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Roche gets second European approval for Alzheimer’s test

ZURICH, May 12 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche has received the CE mark - a European regulatory clearance allowing sale in the region - for its second Elecsys blood test for Alzheimer's disease, it said on Tuesday. The test was developed with U.S. company ...
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China’s Hengrui, Bristol Myers Squibb sign collaboration, licensing deals

May 12 (Reuters) - Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, China's biggest drugmaker by market value, on Tuesday said it struck global collaboration and licensing deals with U.S. drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb that include potential milestone payments of up to $15.2 billion. Hengrui shares were up about 8% ...
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EU reaches provisional deal to address shortage of essential medicines

May 12 (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Tuesday said it had reached a provisional deal to strengthen the bloc's supply of essential medicines by increasing production within Europe and reducing dependency on non-EU countries. The measures under the agreed text target critical medicines such ...
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Bayer Q1 operating profit jumps 9% on boost from soy business

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT, May 12 (Reuters) - Bayer on Tuesday reported a 9% increase in quarterly operating profit that was well above market expectations, after an agreement with its main U.S. crop protection rival eased access to the soy seed market. First-quarter earnings before interest, ...
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Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is leaving women's access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. Justice Samuel Alito's order Monday allows women seeking abortions ...
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Small study shows one-time cell therapy can control HIV infection

By Deena Beasley May 11 (Reuters) - Re-engineering an HIV patient's own immune cells to find and destroy the virus succeeded in controlling the infection in a small first-in-human study, but researchers said work is needed to confirm the findings and determine which patients are ...
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Prison health company YesCare lost 80% of revenue after malpractice verdict

By Dietrich Knauth May 11 (Reuters) - YesCare, which provides medical care to prisoners in nine U.S. states, has seen its revenue fall by 80% since being hit with a $307.5 million jury verdict over allegations of substandard medical care earlier this year, its bankruptcy ...
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