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Industry executives and investment bankers said some of the biggest global drugmakers are scouring for deals in China to replenish drug pipelines and boost their presence in the world's second-biggest pharmaceutical market. Several major deals have already been completed this year, including AstraZeneca's $1.2 billion purchase of China-based cell therapy
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Unvaccinated Students Disenrolled by University of Virginia
Following the vaccine mandate that was announced in May, university officials confirmed on Friday that...
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Justice Barrett Blocked Attempt to Stop Indiana University From Applying Vaccination Mandate
Recently appointed Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett on Aug. 12 declined a request to block Indiana...
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Federal Agents Seize 3,000 Fake Vaccination Cards Made in China
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Memphis, Tennessee, and other cities have seized thousands...
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16 of 20 Most Vaccinated Countries Very High or High Risk for Travel, Says CDC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its list of the riskiest countries...
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Fraudulent Vaccination Cards Increasing Across the U.S. and Europe
As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic drags on, the governments of the United States and...
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New Study: Pfizer Vaccine 42% Effective Against COVID-19, Rise in Delta Variant
A new preprint study published on Aug. 8, 2021 in medRxiv examined the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech...
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China Struck Again as New COVID-19 Hotspot Emerges in City of Jingmen
China is once again hit with another wave of positive cases of Covid-19 as about 2,200 people who have...
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Unvaccinated Employees to Pay Some Companies Monthly $50 Health Insurance Surcharge as if They Were Smokers
Some U.S. employers will begin to tax employees who decline the experimental gene therapy-based Coronavirus...
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Most COVID-19 Patients at Israel Hospital Fully Vaccinated, Doctor Calls Mandates ‘Diabolic’
The majority of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in an Israeli hospital are fully vaccinated...