The FDA has placed two trials of palovarotene on partial clinical hold eight months after Ipsen gained the drug in its $1 billion (€900 million) takeover of Clementia Pharmaceuticals. FDA staff took the action in response to cases of early growth plate closure in …
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Fuel retailer Caltex is planning a $500 million capital raising and has offloaded 25 petrol stations for $136 million as it navigates an $8.6 billion takeover bid from a Canadian suitor. Caltex rebuffed suitor Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard’s …
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Joe Biden said he would not appear voluntarily at impeachment proceedings, telling reporters on Wednesday that Republicans are trying to distract
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower before the start of OPEC talks in Vienna later on Thursday, erasing some of the sharp gains made in the previous session on anticipation that producers will expand output cuts and after a sharp drop in U.S. crude …
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TOKYO/OITA, Japan (Reuters) – Bank of Japan’s vocal advocate of reflationary policy said on Thursday he saw no need to take extra steps to complement the government’s fresh stimulus plan, bolstering market views the BOJ is in no mood to top up its already …
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