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  • Roche beats forecasts on new drugs and one-off gain

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    By Ludwig Burger BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Switzerland's Roche beat market expectations for adjusted net income in the first six months of the year, helped by cancer drug sales but also inflated by a one-off gain from its pensions scheme. Core earnings per share, adjusted for certain items, rose 7 percent to 7.74 Swiss francs…

  • Researchers developing effective chlamydia vaccine

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    Researchers at McMaster University, Canada, have presented the first promising steps towards a vaccine against chlamydia, a “silent” sexually transmitted infection (STI) that affects 113 million people worldwide each year and which can lead to infertility. The research, published in the journal Vaccine, could help protect people all over the world from chlamydia. If left…