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  • Devils’ milk could fight superbugs: Australia scientists

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    Mother's milk from the marsupials known as Tasmanian devils could help the global fight against increasingly deadly “superbugs” which resist antibiotics, Australian researchers said Tuesday. Superbugs are bacteria which cannot be treated by current antibiotics and other drugs, with a recent British study saying they could kill up to 10 million people globally by 2050. Scientists…

  • Arizona execution procedures face review in U.S. court

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    A federal judge in Phoenix will hear arguments this week about resuming executions in Arizona, where a 2014 lethal injection that took nearly two hours raised questions about the state's death chamber protocols and the chemicals it uses to kill inmates. The case is the latest to raise questions about the drugs used in many…

  • J&J says pharma future bright, despite threat to Remicade

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    Pfizer Inc late on Monday said it would begin U.S. shipments of Inflectra, its biosimilar form of Remicade, by late November at a 15 percent discount to J&J's current wholesale prices. With annual U.S. sales of about $5 billion, Remicade is J&J's biggest product. “We are confident our pharma business will go well with or…