Pfizer signs deal with Allogene to develop cancer cell therapy
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Allogene Therapeutics, a company formed by a consortium in which the drugmaker will hold a 25 percent stake,…
FDA refuses to review Alkermes’ depression treatment, seeks more trials
(Reuters) – Alkermes Plc has been told to conduct more clinical trials of its experimental depression treatment after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its initial application for approval,…
Heavily used herbicide tied to shorter pregnancies
(Reuters Health) – More than 90 percent of pregnant women in a small Indiana study had glyphosate in their urine, and higher concentrations were associated with earlier deliveries. Glyphosate is…
Come for your drugs, leave with more shopping: Walmart’s new growth strategy?
(Reuters) – Walmart Inc’s (WMT.N) efforts to develop closer ties with health insurer Humana Inc (HUM.N), which came to light on Thursday, point to a brave new world of retail…
Russian tycoon Magomedov arrested on embezzlement charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities on Saturday arrested billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov on charges of embezzling more than $35 million, in one of the highest-profile prosecutions of a Russian tycoon in…
Fox’s Ingraham taking vacation as advertisers flee amid controversy
(Reuters) – Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show late Friday that she is taking the week off, after many advertisers dropped her show after the conservative…
Tropical storm Harvey: Drone footage of flood damage
Aerial footage highlights the extent of flooding damage caused by tropical storm Harvey in Houston To read more: http://www.cbc.ca/1.4266330 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos:… source
Trump attacks Amazon, again, over U.S. postal rates
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump launched his second attack in a week on Amazon.com Inc on Saturday, accusing the world’s biggest online retailer of getting unfairly cheap rates from…
As corporate-government tax pacts falter, Coca-Cola challenges huge U.S. bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) thought it had a deal with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on how much the company charged foreign affiliates for the rights to make…
Arkansas sues opioid manufacturers for roles in epidemic
(Reuters) – Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday joined the widening mass of litigation against opioid manufacturers, accusing three drugmakers of promoting addictive painkillers in ways that falsely denied or trivialized…