Author Archives: Syndicated Content
FDA tells Novartis to gather more data on Zolgensma in older patients
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis will do a new study of its $2.1 million-per-patient gene therapy Zolgensma on older spinal muscular atrophy patients getting the medicine via a spinal infusion, the Swiss d...
Sep 23, 2020
Relief Therapeutics seeks U.S. emergency approval for drug against COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Relief Therapeutics said on Wednesday it and U.S. partner NeuroRx asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval for a drug it aims to repurpose against COVID-19...
Sep 23, 2020
Euro zone growth and inflation outlook steady, ECB’s Mersch says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The growth and inflation outlook in the euro zone has not deteriorated since the European Central Bank decided earlier this month to keep policy unchanged, ECB board member Yves ...
Sep 23, 2020
Bank of East Asia to launch sale of insurance business in strategy overhaul
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based Bank of East Asia Ltd (BEA) said on Wednesday it had decided to initiate a sale of its insurance business following the completion of a review of its portfolios a...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia counts record 470 stranded whales as rescue continues
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers were racing against the tide on Wednesday to free whales beached off the Australian coast, with more than half the estimated 470 mammals in the country's bigg...
Sep 23, 2020
Singapore’s deflation extends to seventh month in core gauge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's main price gauge contracted for the seventh consecutive month in August, data showed on Wednesday, with prices falling 0.3% from a year earlier. Core inflation - the ...
Sep 23, 2020
Canada’s Trudeau to unveil plan to address coronavirus outbreak, revive economy
By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Wednesday what he says is a far-reaching plan to help the economy recover from the coronav...
Sep 23, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
(Reuters) - Britain re-imposed some lockdown measures as a second wave of coronavirus infections swept across Europe, while the death toll in the United States crossed 200,000, with a report saying th...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia extends relaxation of company reporting, capital raising rules
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia extended by six months its temporary relaxation of company disclosure obligations, including allowing businesses to avoid releasing earnings forecasts, in a bid to shield ...
Sep 23, 2020
Police clear climate protesters from square near Swiss parliament
ZURICH (Reuters) - Police began removing protesters seeking more action against climate change from a square near the Swiss parliament building in Bern early on Wednesday after the group that had set ...
Sep 23, 2020
