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Astellas, Vical herpes vaccine fails mid-stage study
(Reuters) – Japan’s Astellas Pharma Inc and San Diego-based Vical Inc said their experimental herpes vaccine failed a mid-stage study involving certain kidney transplant patients. Vical’s shares was down about 18 percent in light premarket trading on Monday. The DNA vaccine, ASP0113, is designed to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in patients receiving a renal transplant…
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GE brings off-the-shelf biotech drug factories to Ireland
General Electric is digging deeper into biotechnology with plans to build four prefabricated drug factories in Ireland, bringing to Europe a low-cost manufacturing concept it first pioneered in China. The new factories on the site will be owned and run by GE customers. The GE BioPark Cork site is expected to create 500 jobs when…
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Novo plans larger study after encouraging semaglutide results
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk's experimental injectable diabetes drug semaglutide reduced cardiovascular risk by 26 percent, according to results released on Friday, paving the way for a new and bigger study on the drug's benefits. Semaglutide is the third diabetes drug to show such heart benefits, after Novo's Victoza injectable and Eli…
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Reducing stress could help increase chances of conception suggests new research
Confirming what mothers-to-be may have already suspected, a new US study has found that women with high levels of stress find it harder to conceive. Carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Louisville, the study looked at 400 sexually active women aged 40 or younger, following the women for up to…
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Alstom and French government clash over future of Belfort plant
Alstom will go ahead with plans to shut down manufacturing at its Belfort plant in eastern France, its CEO told staff on Tuesday, setting up a confrontation with the French government which vowed “everything will be done” to prevent that. The French engineering firm, which makes the country's TGV high-speed trains and is 20 percent…
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FDA’s sharing of grand jury information comes under criticism
An office inside the Food and Drug Administration routinely shares details internally about criminal matters pending before grand juries, a step some lawyers say may run afoul of rules meant to safeguard investigations. FDA agents send updates about anticipated grand jury testimony and indictments to more than two dozen people, many of whom have nothing to…
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Homeowners sue California’s Fresno, saying lead in water supply
(Reuters) – Five homeowners filed a lawsuit against Fresno, California on Friday, accusing the city of letting dangerous levels of lead and other toxins into the water supply and failing to alert the public of the potential danger, local media reported. Karen and Michael Micheli, Faith and David Nitschke and Jeanette Grider filed a lawsuit…
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Syrian refugee crisis is changing women’s roles: aid agency
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Syrian refugee crisis is changing women’s traditional roles with increasing numbers becoming heads of households and the main breadwinners, an international aid agency said on Saturday ahead of a global refugee summit. Most women view the changes negatively with many feeling far more vulnerable to violence,…
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Syrian refugee crisis is changing women’s roles: aid agency
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Syrian refugee crisis is changing women’s traditional roles with increasing numbers becoming heads of households and the main breadwinners, an international aid agency said on Saturday ahead of a global refugee summit. Most women view the changes negatively with many feeling far more vulnerable to violence,…