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AstraZeneca 'magic' faces rare test after trial failure, share slide
AstraZeneca's long-time CEO Pascal Soriot has rarely put a foot wrong. The company's shares have more that quadrupled in price during his 14-year tenure, soaring above the wider F...
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Lettuce samples at Taylor Farms negative for cyclospora, Mexican authorities say
Mexico's health ministry said on Thursday that results of its studies of lettuce and water samples from U.S. supplier Taylor Farms were negative for cyclospora, following a hea...
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FDA advisory panel votes to place popular peptide TB-500 on compounding list
A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted to place a popular peptide called TB-500 on a list that would allow broader pharmacy compoundi...
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Edwards Lifesciences beats quarterly estimates on strong demand for heart devices
Edwards Lifesciences beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its artificial heart valves used in complex cardiac p...
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GE HealthCare says CFO Saccaro to step down; reports preliminary Q2 results
GE HealthCare's Chief Financial Officer Jay Saccaro will step down from his role to pursue an opportunity outside the medical technology industry, the company said on Thursday, a...
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FDA panel votes to place popular peptide BPC-157 on compounding list
A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted to place a widely used peptide called BPC-157 on a list that would allow broader pharmacy co...
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Michigan reports 7,644 cyclosporiasis cases in ongoing outbreak
Michigan health officials reported on Thursday 7,644 cases linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal infection, an increase of 473 cases since the state's last update...
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Quest Diagnostics raises annual forecast on testing demand
Quest Diagnostics on Thursday raised its full-year profit forecast, after demand for routine diagnostic testing helped the company beat second-quarter estimates.
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Hungary's government scraps VAT on subscription drugs
Hungary's government will scrap a 5% value-added tax on subscription drugs from September 1, which will cost the budget 7 billion forints ($21.93 million), Prime Minister Pe...
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MercadoLibre pitches in-house pharmacy to Chile after launch in Brazil
E-commerce firm MercadoLibre has discussed a proposal with Chilean authorities to operate as a pharmacy in the country, a plan that would require a change in local regulations, re...
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Thermo Fisher beats quarterly estimates as customer demand improves
Thermo Fisher Scientific beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday, as improving customer demand lifted sales across all its business segments.
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US tests GMO flies in rush to fight flesh-eating livestock pest
At a U.S.-funded facility in Panama, scientists are preparing to launch the first outdoor tests of genetically modified screwworm flies, a milestone in efforts to develop a more ef...
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Congo's Ebola deaths top 1,000 as violence and shortages hamper medics
Ebola has now killed more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, official figures show, as medics struggle to contain an outbreak amid militant violence, attacks o...
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India's Cipla posts another profit decline, names insider Dinesh Jain CFO
India's Cipla posted a bigger-than-expected fall in first-quarter profit on Thursday, logging its third straight quarterly decline as muted sales of a generic cancer drug and U.S....
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AI shortens drug discovery to around 1 year in China, Insilico CEO says
Hong Kong-listed Insilico Medicine has cut drug development timelines to about one year by combining AI with its China research ecosystem, its CEO said, giving it an edge over tra...
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Argenx's Vyvgart sales jump in second quarter
Belgian-Dutch immunology company argenx said on Thursday global sales of its lead drug Vyvgart jumped in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier.
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Sartorius beats half-year earnings expectations aided by tariff refunds
German biopharma supplier Sartorius reported half-year earnings slightly above market expectations on Thursday, citing stable recurring business and the effect of U.S. tariff re...
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Roche confirms full year targets as first-half sales fall
Swiss drugmaker Roche confirmed its full-year targets on Thursday as first-half sales fell in Swiss franc terms, dragged down by a strong domestic currency.
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