Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Reuters’
BRIEF-Gansu Longshenrongfa Pharmaceutical Industry sees 2016 9-mth net pro… – Reuters Oct 17 Gansu Longshenrongfa Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd : * Sees net profit for 2016 Q1-Q3 to decrease by 10 percent to 18 percent, or to be 35.6 million yuan to 39.1 million yuan * Says the net profit of 2015 Q1-Q3 was 43.4 […]
October 17, 2016 | Posted in
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Doctors grapple with best use of potent new cancer drugs – Reuters By Ben Hirschler | COPENHAGEN COPENHAGEN Evelyn O’Flynn still has lung cancer. But after going straight on to a new immune system-boosting drug more than a year ago, rather than traditional hard-to-tolerate chemotherapy, she is feeling great. “It’s like a miracle. […]
October 11, 2016 | Posted in
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‘New day’ in lung cancer as Merck drug shines, works with chemo – Reuters By Ben Hirschler | COPENHAGEN COPENHAGEN Merck & Co scored a double hit on Sunday with new clinical data showing its Keytruda immunotherapy offered big benefits in previously untreated lung cancer patients, either when given on its own or with chemotherapy. […]
October 9, 2016 | Posted in
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J&J warns diabetic patients: Insulin pump vulnerable to hacking – Reuters Johnson & Johnson is telling patients that it has learned of a security vulnerability in one of its insulin pumps that a hacker could exploit to overdose diabetic patients with insulin, though it describes the risk as low (read this article for […]
October 4, 2016 | Posted in
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Global partnership to combat AIDS reaches billion goal – Reuters MONTREAL A global public-private partnership has reached its goal of raising $ 13 billion from international donors to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday. During an international conference in Montreal, the Global Fund asked government, faith-based and private-sector […]
September 17, 2016 | Posted in
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For one Zika patient, lingering symptoms and few answers – Reuters SAN JUAN It began with what felt like a punch in the throat. I assumed it was irritation from the cigar I’d smoked on my deck that afternoon in mid-June. But the sensation hung on. Within three days, I had a 102-degree Fahrenheit (38.9 degrees Celsius) fever, chills and bed-drenching […]
September 12, 2016 | Posted in
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BRIEF-Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical unit gets GMP certificate – Reuters Patents & Entrepreneurial Universities Measuring and evaluating academic innovation > Demonstrating Impact to Funders > Understanding your University’s Rankings > Highly Cited Researchers: Mazen Omar Hasna
Why the Zika virus is causing alarm – Reuters A female Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen on the forearm of a health technician in a laboratory conducting research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Guatemala City, February 4, 2016. Reuters/Josue Decavele Global health officials have said the Zika […]
February 19, 2016 | Posted in
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UPDATE 1-WHO issues million plan to combat Zika virus – Reuters * Six-month Zika funding plan includes $ 25 million for WHO * Funds to be used for vaccines, research, virus control * Chan says risk profile “one of very serious proportions” (adds details, quotes, byline) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Feb 17 The World Health […]
February 17, 2016 | Posted in
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RPT-Zika virus may hide in organs protected from the immune system – Reuters (Repeats story published Friday with no changes) By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO Feb 14 The Zika virus may be particularly adept at entrenching itself in parts of the body that are shielded from the immune system, making it harder to fight off and […]
February 14, 2016 | Posted in
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