BioMarin Pharmaceutical shares plummeted by a third after U.S. regulators rejected their potentially game-changing gene therapy for hemophilia A patients Due to LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer 19 August 2020, 19:23 4 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article FAIRLESS HILLS, PA – Investors fled drug developer …
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A doctor who checks comatose COVID-19 patients for signs of a stroke, instead stumbles upon a new indication of how the virus can damage the lungs – thanks to a test that used small air bubbles and a robot. Dr. Alexandra Reynolds, a neurologist at New York’s Mount Sinai Health …
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