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COVID booster shots increase immunity, trial shows

A trial of booster vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 has shown that the jab significantly strengthens the body's T-cell immunity against the disease.

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Did AZ scupper Sobi's $8bn private equity buyout?

An $8 billion attempt by two private equity companies to acquire Swedish rare disease specialist Sobi and take it back into private ownership has collapsed, with reports suggesting AstraZen

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AZ eyes FDA verdict on Lynparza in adjuvant breast cancer in...

The FDA will deliver a verdict on AstraZeneca’s PARP inhibitor Lynparza as an adjuvant treatment for breast cancer in the first quarter of next year, after granting the application a priori

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Pharma pledges rapid response to Omicron COVID variant

With governments around the world announcing measures to curb the new B.1.1.529 variant of COVID-19 – now christened Omicron – leading vaccine manufacturers have said they are poised to dev

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