Category Archives: Syndicated
Exclusive: Russia, after approving Japanese COVID-19 drug, to roll out ‘game changer’ next week
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it descri...
Jun 01, 2020
AstraZeneca’s heart drug gets FDA nod
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug for reducing the risk of a first heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients with coronary arter...
Jun 01, 2020
South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown on Monday, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and ...
Jun 01, 2020
AstraZeneca-Merck Lynparza gets EMA’s positive recommendation
(Reuters) - Drugmakers AstraZeneca Plc and Merck & Co Inc said on Monday their blockbluster cancer drug, Lynparza, has received positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as a ma...
Jun 01, 2020
Japan parliament to debate second extra budget for pandemic relief next week
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will submit to parliament early next week a second extra budget to fund a new $1.1 trillion stimulus package to cushion the ...
Jun 01, 2020
No time to waste?: Five questions for the ECB
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank meets on Thursday with investors hoping that policymakers will deliver yet more stimulus for an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. A 1.85 trillio...
Jun 01, 2020
Scientists hunt pandemic hotspots in race to test vaccines
By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be waning. For vaccine developers, that could be a problem. Scientists in Europe and the Un...
Jun 01, 2020
Saudi FX reserves down sharply in April to back wealth fund investments
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi foreign reserves dropped sharply in April for a second consecutive month as the kingdom used tens of billions of dollars to back investments of its sovereig...
Jun 01, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Losing strength? The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the...
Jun 01, 2020
Escalating China tensions could become an obstacle for U.S. stock rally
By David Randall and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's directive on Friday to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong is likely to ...
Jun 01, 2020
