ZURICH (Reuters) -Sandoz on Monday announced a deal to buy Cimerli, a biosimilar drug to treat vision impairment and loss, from Coherus BioSciences Inc. for $170 million. The drug is interchangeable with Lucentis, a product marketed by Roche’s Genentech in the United States and by Novartis in the rest of the world, for all approved …
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KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Elon Musk privately visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau site of a former Nazi German concentration camp on Monday before speaking later at a conference on rising antisemitism, after his social media platform X came under fire for some content. The European Jewish Association (EJA) said Musk made the visit with EJA Chairman Rabbi …
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(Reuters) – UK-based Vertical Aerospace said on Monday founder and CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick would invest $50 million in the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker to extend its cash runway until the second quarter of the following year. Fitzpatrick will commit an initial tranche of $25 million by March 2024 through a mixture …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries risk missing a May deadline for agreeing a legally binding treaty on fighting pandemics, which would be a big blow for future generations, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The new pact and a series of updates to existing rules on dealing with pandemics are intended …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The story of “Pepe”, the hippopotamus who lived in Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie, will jostle for space with a slew of science fiction movies in the main line-up of next month’s Berlin Film Festival. The Berlinale – usually best known for its politically-focussed films – is this year taking a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain partially eased its travel guidance for western regions of Ukraine on Monday, citing the country’s strong air defences against Russian attacks. Britain had advised its citizens against all travel to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in February 2022. But, updated advice published on Monday said it was relaxing that guidance for those …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight. Scotland was worst hit as gusts of over 90 miles per hour (144 km/h) led to the cancellation of all train services. Dozens of flights …
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By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Israel’s plan to destroy Islamist Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza is not working and the European Union must pursue efforts to create a “two-state solution” despite Israeli opposition, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister had on Sunday reaffirmed a hard line against any …
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By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound held in a relatively tight range against the dollar on Monday as markets weighed up last week’s mixed data releases and their impact on monetary policy. The pound was last little changed at $1.2708, in the middle of the $1.2597-$1.2825 range it has traded in since …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s BBC should not be able to pursue criminal prosecutions against viewers for not paying the TV licence fee, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said, adding that an examination of the broadcaster’s powers would be in its next charter review. Convictions for not paying the licence fee are in the spotlight after Britain’s Post …
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