Pharma

Novartis launches new share buyback for up to 10% of its stock
March 13, 2023 05:19 PM AEDT | By ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has launched a new share buyback programme to purchase up to 10% of the pharma company's own shares over the next three ye...

Indonesia court hears class-action suit after children die from tain...
January 17, 2023 07:33 PM AEDT | By ReutersJAKARTA (Reuters) - Families of Indonesian children who died because of tainted cough syrup demanded restitution as an Indonesian court on Tuesday sta...

AstraZeneca signs COVID treatment deal with China's Genertec Meheco
January 13, 2023 09:00 PM AEDT | By ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has signed a cooperation agreement with China's Genertec Meheco for COVID-19 antibody drug Evusheld, it said on Friday...

U.S. to announce list of drugs for pricing negotiations Sept. 1
January 12, 2023 03:11 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will announce a list of 10 prescription drugs for which it plans to negotiate the price...

U.S. extends COVID-19 public health emergency status - CNBC
January 12, 2023 02:42 AM AEDT | By Reuters(Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic's status as a public health emergency until April, CNBC reported on Wednesday...

China says talks to include Paxlovid in its health insurance drug li...
January 08, 2023 11:34 PM AEDT | By ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China will not include Pfizer Inc's Paxlovid in an update to its list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes as t...

U.S. FDA grants priority review to Roche's bispecific antibody Glofi...
January 06, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Roche announced on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to the Swiss pharmaceutical company's b...

Rural residents worry for elderly as COVID rips across China
December 30, 2022 06:49 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Martin Quin Pollard, Xiaoyu Yin and Tingshu Wang LEZHI (Reuters) - In a busy village clinic in Lezhi county in southwest China's Sichuan province o...

Fosun's app allows users in China to register for BioNTech COVID vac...
December 27, 2022 07:57 PM AEDT | By ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) -China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group said users of its mobile health app in China can now register to take COVID-19 booste...

India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge - export...
December 23, 2022 04:35 AM AEDT | By ReutersBENGALURU (Reuters) - India, one of the world's biggest drug makers, is ready to step up exports of fever medicines to China as it reels from a spike...

China Meheco Group shares jump after agreement to import Pfizer's CO...
December 15, 2022 12:46 PM AEDT | By ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shares of China Meheco Group surged after the Chinese drug seller signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc to import and distribute th...

China Meheco to distribute Pfizer's COVID treatment in China
December 15, 2022 08:43 AM AEDT | By ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - China Meheco Group Co Ltd said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc to import and distribute the U.S. drugmaker's...

Japan's Meiji Holdings says drug unit started late-stage trial for C...
December 13, 2022 05:47 PM AEDT | By ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Meiji Holdings Co said on Tuesday its drug subsidiary had started a Phase III trial of an mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19. M...

Malaria deaths dip in 2021 after rising in first year of COVID, says...
December 08, 2022 10:17 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Pratik Jain (Reuters) - Malaria-related deaths fell slightly in 2021 after a significant increase in the first year of COVID-19, but remained highe...

AstraZeneca tops quarterly estimates buoyed by cancer drugs
November 10, 2022 09:46 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Natalie Grover (Reuters) - AstraZeneca on Thursday raised its full-year adjusted earnings forecast after third-quarter profit and revenue topped an...
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