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Form 8.3 - [ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC - 12 03 2025] - (CGWL)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) (a) Full name of discloser: CANACCORD GENUITY WEALTH LIMITED…

Atyr Pharma: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Atyr Pharma Inc. (ATYR) on Thursday reported a loss of $15 million in its fourth quarter. The San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 18 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street…

Dave Weldon's Nomination to Head CDC Pulled As the White House Loses This Round to Big Pharma

Less than an hour before his confirmation hearing was to begin, the White House abruptly pulled the nomination of Dave Weldon to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An unnamed source told Fox News, 'It became clear that…

Verona Pharma: Great Year For Share Price, But Competition Threatens Bull Thesis (VRNA)

Verona Pharma plc's Ohtuvayre, approved for COPD, has driven the Pharma's stock up >350%, but intense competition and high valuation prompted a downgrade to “Hold”. Despite early success, Verona's lack of specific 2025 guidance and…

In Praise of Big Pharma

Watch a movie or a TV show these days and there is a good chance that you'll see a scheming pharmaceutical executive among the ranks of the villains. These white-collar masterminds dominate the category of America's pop-culture bad guys, often…

KBWP: A Safe Haven Amidst Market Turbulence And Tariff Wars

KBWP provides investors with concentrated exposure to the P&C insurance industry in the USA, and has a low expense ratio. Insurance, particularly Property & Casualty, is less impacted by tariffs due to its domestic focus, making it a stable…

Takeda (TAK): Buy Into Future Drug Pipeline Potential, Despite Recent Profit Headwind

Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical, which has its ADR listed on the NYSE, gets a buy rating today, agreeing with the analyst consensus. Besides a diverse drug portfolio across multiple segments, they have a robust drug discovery pipeline to meet…

Dave Weldon says his nomination to be CDC director is withdrawn

March 13 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Thursday retracted the nomination of Dave Weldon to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. The former Florida congressman was scheduled to appear before the U.S. Senate Health…

Qiming-Backed AI Drug Discovery Startup Insilico Medicine Hits Unicorn Status With $110 Million Funding Round

Insilico Medicine, an AI drug discovery company based in Hong Kong and Boston, has joined the unicorn club after raising $110 million in a funding round led by Hong Kong-headquartered asset manager Value Partners Group. Insilico said on Wednesday…

Hims & Hers, Zealand, and Roche fall: Why weight loss drug stocks are down today

Several weight loss drug stocks are sliding today as pharmaceutical companies battle for dominance in the booming GLP-1 market — which is projected to hit $105 billion by 2030, according to Morgan Stanley (MS-1.74%) analysts. GLP-1 drugs…

RFK Jr. Suggests That Everyone Just Catch Measles

The anti-vaxxer in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is now suggesting that the best way to not get measles is... getting measles? If you're lost, us too. During an interview with Fox News, HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy…

Keros Therapeutics: Losing Its Lead Drug Is Bad Medicine (NASDAQ:KROS)

Keros Therapeutics' stock has plummeted over 70% due to safety issues in its phase 2 PAH study, halting all trial arms. Despite a strong cash position and a Takeda partnership elsewhere, the future of Keros' lead candidate, Cibotercept, appears…

Very concerning': Twin threat to Cork-based industry and jobs as Trump threatens tariffs

A twin threat has emerged to two of Cork's most significant industries following the White House meeting this week between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Mr Trump, after the US president recently threatened a 200% tariff on alcoholic products…

Swiss e-commerce sales reached CHF15 billion 2024

These are the findings of data compiled by Swiss Post, the commerce.swiss Association and the market research institute GfK. In 2024, Swiss consumers purchased CHF14.9 billion worth of goods and merchandise online, a figure up 3.5% year-on-year…

Kim Kardashian Was Genuinely Shocked That India Wasn't Like The Disney Movie 'Aladdin'