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Judge Rejects Bid by ‘Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to Delay Paying More Than $24.6 Million in FTC Lawsuit Related to Medication
Martin Shkreli lost the civil case involving the drug Daraprim while serving a criminal sentence for unrelated securities fraud.
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Pfizer Planning to Submit Data on 4th Covid Shot Soon, While Working on Vaccine for All Variants
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla appeared on CNBC exactly two years after Covid was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020.
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Covid Was Declared a Pandemic Two Years Ago and Now We're Finally Moving on — But Public Health Experts Say It's Not Over
The world’s battle against Covid-19 has been largely sidelined as economies reopen and governments look to move beyond their “pandemic footing.”
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Watch Live: Ukraine President Zelenskyy Addresses European Capital Cities as Russia Presses Invasion
[The stream is slated to start at 10:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is speaking to a group of European capital cities as Russia presses its invasion of his country. The speech comes as international outrage has grown over Russia’s shelling of Ukraine...
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CVS Files to Trademark Its Pharmacy and Health Clinics in the Metaverse
CVS Health looks to patent its stores as well as sales of virtual goods including prescription drugs, wellness, beauty and personal care products.
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Indonesia Relies Heavily on China's Sinovac Vaccine. A New Wave of Infections Puts It to the Test
Indonesia hit a daily record high of more than 64,000 cases last week, superseding daily infections in the previous wave which peaked just under 57,000 in July.
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Pfizer Delays Its FDA Application to Expand Its Covid Vaccine to Kids Under 5 Until April
Pfizer and BioNTech said they needed more data “because rates of infection and illness remain high in children of this age” due to the omicron variant.
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Watch Live: New York Gov. Hochul Is Expected to Lift Indoor Mask Mandate
[The stream is slated to start at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to drop the state’s strict indoor mask mandate as the surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall in all regions. The health measure, which requires...
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Actress Elizabeth Hurley Says Cancer Awareness Now ‘More Vital Than It's Ever Been'
Actress, model, businesswoman and philanthropist, Elizabeth Hurley, told CNBC that the Covid-19 pandemic has been an “incredibly challenging” time for cancer patients.
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Companies Founded by Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Will Pay Up to $28M in Class-Action Settlement Over Daraprim Price Hike
Martin Shkreli raised the price of the prescription drug Daraprim by more than 4,000. He recently was banned for life from the pharmaceutical industry.
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How the U.S. Is Trying to Fix Its At-Home Covid Testing Problem
One tool was noticeably absent from the U.S.’s Covid-19 pandemic-fighting arsenal: at-home rapid tests. Despite their short supply, the Biden administration has made it clear that the tests will be critical when it comes to reopening the U.S. economy. The White House is taking a number of steps to bolster supply and lower costs for the over-the-counter tests. The...
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Covid Vaccine Skepticism May Be Fueling ‘Worrisome' Rise in Wider Anti-Vax Sentiment, Doctors Say
Doctors have warned that vaccine hesitancy around Covid could be “creeping into” sentiment toward other vaccines.
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Johnson & Johnson More Bullish on Acquisitions in Volatile Market: CFO
Market volatility will lead cash-rich companies to be more opportunistic on mergers and acquisitions in 2022, including Johnson & Johnson, according to its CFO.
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Experts Seriously Doubt Whether Patent Waivers on Covid-19 Vaccines Will Ever Come to Be
Calls to waive the patents on mRNA Covid vaccines have gained traction globally, but experts seriously doubt that they will ever come to be.
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Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Are a ‘Major Global Health Threat' That's Killing Millions, Scientists Say
A huge new global study found that drug-resistant bacterial infections played a part in almost 5 million deaths in 2019.
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Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Banned for Life From Drug Industry in Monopoly Case, Ordered to Pay $64.6 Million
Martin Shkreli was condemned for raising Daraprim’s price in 2015 by people like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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Should We Treat Covid Like the Flu? Europe Is Slowly Starting to Think So
There are growing calls in Europe for the coronavirus to be treated as an endemic illness, like the flu, as politicians ache for a return to normality.
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France Reports New Covid Infection Record With Daily Cases Surging to Over 360,000
France is about to implement a strict Covid passport system whereby citizens will need to be vaccinated before they can enter restaurant or indoor events.
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Over 50% of Europe's Population Will Be Infected With Omicron in the Next 2 Months, WHO Says
Omicron has swept the region at an alarming pace, with some countries reintroducing social restrictions in an effort to curb it.
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Covid Vaccine Programs Could End With Third Dose for Most People, Israeli Doctor Predicts
Professor Eyal Leshem is an infectious disease expert at Sheba Medical Center in Israel, where fourth vaccine doses are being rolled out as Covid cases soar.