(Reuters) – Tractor trailers filled with suitcase-sized containers of the COVID-19 vaccine will leave a manufacturing facility at Pfizer Inc.’s Kalamazoo in Michigan on Sunday morning – starting the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project in the United States, where the virus is present. Raging. Late Friday, U.S. regulators …
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BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
Read More »Armenian, Azerbaijani trade accuses of breach of peace agreement
YERWAN, Armenia (AP) – Armenian officials and Azerbaijan on Saturday accused each other of violating the peace agreement that ended six weeks of heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Azerbaijani leader slammed the Armenians with an “iron fist.” The new confrontation is the first significant violation of the November 10 …
Read More »Big Pharma Deals: AstraZeneca B buys Alexian Pharmaceuticals for 39 billion
Want a downturn in European markets? In your inbox before opening, every day. Sign up here. AstraZeneca plc said it would buy Alexian added 39 39 billion in cash and shares to Alexian Pharmaceuticals Inc., an expert in the development of treatments for rare diseases and immunology. The offer gives …
Read More »Italy’s surprising virus toll raises uncomfortable questions
ROME (AP) – After the health care system again failed to protect the elderly – Europe’s highest coronavirus death – and delays in imposing new sanctions by the government, Italy could soon reclaim a record that no one wants. That was not to be. Italy was the first country in …
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