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The company will establish an integrated manufacturing plant at the Medical Devices Park in Oragadam, Chennai, to produce mechanical thrombectomy kits used for treating acute ischemic stroke

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SECTOR | 26 May 2025

Biocon share rises as arm secures UK MHRA nod for plaque psoriasis drug

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Biocon share rose after arm, Biocon Biologics, was granted market authorisation in the UK for Yesintek, a biosimilar of Ustekinumab, from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

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SECTOR | 20 May 2025

Pfizer Share Price Surges After Q4 Profit Jumps, Margin Improves

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In February, Pfizer had signed a sales and marketing pact with Mylan Pharmaceuticals Pvt.

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SECTOR | 19 May 2025, 02:53PM

WHO opens annual meet amid crisis sparked by US funding cuts, exit plans

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The World Health Organisation on Monday opened its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the most serious crises of its 77-year history in the wake of Trump administration funding cuts and plans to withdraw the United States. The UN health agency this year has seen a plunge in its ability to carry out its sweeping mandate to do everything from recommend reductions in sugar levels in soft drinks to head the global response to pandemics like COVID-19 or outbreaks like polio or Ebola. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been grappling with a response to the US cuts as well as reduced outlays from other traditional Western donors who are putting more money toward defense and less toward humanitarian aid. Matthew Kavanagh, the director of Georgetown University's centre for Global Health Policy and Politics, said other countries have used the US disruption the cut in aid as cover to do their maneuvering, with many countries in Europe...