NEW YORK (Reuters) – US states claim $ 2.2 trillion in damages for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s suspected role in America’s opioid epidemic, accusing drugmaker in new submissions press presenting painkillers on physicians and patients while playing the risks of abuse and overdose. FILE PHOTO: Bottles Prescribed Painkillers OxyContin …
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Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine division with the US, announced last week with a $ 1.525 billion price tag, would be far more valuable if all options were exercised – and if the mRNA biotech meets an aggressive timeline for the arrival of the shot. The company will win up to a …
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Text size Sanofi is limiting its focus on drug development, stopping its diabetes and cardiovascular research. Joel Saget / AFP via Getty Images French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi is digging into the cash it raised earlier this year with the sale of its $ 11.7 billion stake in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the …
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The death toll in the United States through July 2020 is 8% to 12% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That is at least 164,937 deaths above the number expected for the first seven months of the year – 16,183 more than the …
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(Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Getty Images Text size Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19 to navigate the markets today. • President Donald Trump said Friday that McKesson would work with the U.S. government to spread a coronavirus vaccine if one is approved. …
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