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  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
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    Easing the squeeze on the share of health spending that goes on medicine may alleviate pain

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  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
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    US policymakers should embrace psychedelic medicine

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  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
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    How Roche passed on a potential $14bn-a-year weight-loss pill

    The Swiss company had the first option on a drug that could now become a leading anti-obesity treatment

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  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
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    Drugmaker has benefited from its bet on developing a portfolio of cancer drugs

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  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
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    Drugmakers will receive flat fees for new medicines in push to avoid encouraging overuse

    Antibiotics are placed in petri dishes filled with bacteria
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
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    Pharma companies are moving up the supply chain to secure radioactive materials for a new form of drugs

    Eli Lilly plant in New Jersey
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Novo Nordisk AS
    Novo Nordisk spends record amounts on research to fend off weight-loss rivals

    Maker of Wegovy and Ozempic has 45,000 patients in clinical trials as it seeks to stave off threats from Eli Lilly and Roche

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
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    How medical research is failing women

    For years, the process for developing and testing new drugs has focused disproportionately on male bodies — to the detriment of female patients

  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Roche Holding AG
    Roche to fast-track weight-loss pill to compete with rivals

    Swiss drugmaker unveils promising data for obesity drug

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  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    European Medicines Agency rejects breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug

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