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AstraZeneca CEO Soriot touts M&A appetite as company weighs vaccine future: report

AstraZeneca’s adenovirus-based COVID shot Vaxzevria has walked in the shadow of mRNA giants during the pandemic. Now, the company is weighing whether to stick with vaccines at all.

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Moderna co-founder helps finance Belgian mRNA shop

Moderna co-founder Kenneth Chien is staying close to budding mRNA-based biotechs, investing in eTheRNA's latest 39 million euro series B. As a result, he'll join the company's board, alongside fellow investor and VC founder Marijn Dekkers.

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Walmart expanding abortion coverage as employers navigate post-Roe landscape

Walmart’s expansion of coverage for abortions made headlines. Health insurance companies have coverage questions, however.

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Abbott proclaims FDA approval of neurostimulator to treat pain in 6 areas at once

A spinal cord stimulation device newly approved in the U.S. one-ups other pain relief devices—or, perhaps, six-ups them—by treating multiple areas of the body at once.

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Former Kadmon consultant pleads guilty to insider trading ahead of Sanofi buyout

A former Kadmon consultant pled guilty to insider trading ahead of Sanofi's September 2021 buyout of the small drugmaker. Frank Glassner made $368,000 trading off of nonpublic information, the feds say.

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Windtree takes weight off branches, enters near $80M biobucks deal for acute pulmonary pipeline platform

Windtree Therapeutics is taking weight off its branches, entering a global licensing deal with Lee’s Pharmaceutical and Zhaoke Pharmaceutical that offers more than $78.9 million in potential biobucks for several acute pulmonary pipeline treatments.

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Medtronic still eyeing modest year-over-year growth as fiscal 2023 kicks off with slipping revenues

Despite the waning effects of the pandemic and an intact device portfolio, Medtronic started a new fiscal year on a slightly sour note.

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Novartis set to eliminate many leadership positions as part of 1,400 layoffs in Switzerland

Of the 1,400 jobs Novartis plans to cut in its home country of Switzerland, up to half will be leadership positions, the company said during a media event Tuesday in Zurich. The news comes after the company revealed in June that it would slash 8,000 jobs in order to save $1 billion.

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Wyden probes marketing practices for Medicare Advantage, Part D plans

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is probing marketing practices for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, asking state regulators for the most common sources of consumer complaints.

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Foghorn downgraded to full clinical hold, with more patient deaths clouding AML, MDS trial

Three months after the FDA sent a warning to Foghorn via a partial clinical hold on its phase 1 trial, regulators have become even more dismayed, downgrading the company's study to a full hold in light of additional patient deaths. 

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Gilead can't escape antitrust suit centered on pay-for-delay deal with Cipla, judge says

Gilead is no stranger to antitrust lawsuits for its antiviral medicines, and now it's facing yet another in California. The Jacksonville Police Officers and Fire Fighters Health Insurance Trust is questioning the specifics of the company's 2014 patent settlement with Cipla.

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CMS approves first measures to track social determinants at federal level

The measure set was proposed by the Physicians Foundation and will be effective 2023. Hospitals will be required to report what portion of their population is screened for social drivers and how many screen positive in each category.

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Digital Diagnostics dials up $75M funding for diabetic retinopathy AI

Not long after forging a partnership with Baxter earlier this year, Digital Diagnostics has roped in $75 million in series B funding to build out the reach of IDx-DR and its other AI-powered diagnostic tools, the company announced Tuesday.

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