(Reuters) – Doctors in Europe will soon be able to treat COVID-19 patients with Gilead (GILD.O), antiviral drug, remdesivir, after the support of the health regulator set it on the path to becoming the first therapy for the disease on the continent. FILE PHOTO: Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc is …
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(Reuters) – In an attempt to avoid further claims, Bayer AG is riskingly betting that an independent scientific review will finally prove that its widely used herbicide Roundup does not cause cancer, legal experts said. The company agreed on Wednesday to pay up to $ 10.9 billion to end litigation …
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FILE PHOTO: Traders Wear Masks While Working on the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Continues in the Manhattan District of New York, USA, May 28 2020. REUTERS / Lucas Jackson / File Photo (Reuters) – Stock markets and other risky assets …
Read More »Exclusive: Falls in Support of Hong Kong Democracy Protests as National Security Law Looms – Survey
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Support for Hong Kong’s year-long pro-democracy protests has waned, now backed by a slim majority, as the city prepares for the imposition of national security legislation drafted by Beijing, a poll conducted for Reuters showed. FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy protester holds a flag supporting Hong Kong’s …
Read More »Australia records biggest one-day increase in coronavirus cases in two months
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second-most populous state deployed ambulances and mobile test centers in a coronavirus test blitz as the country recorded the largest daily increase in cases in two months. The state of Victoria said 33 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, marking nine days …
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