Monday, 31 July 2017

AstraZeneca drug gets breakthrough status in early lung cancer

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Monday its immunotherapy drug Imfinzi had been granted "breakthrough" designation by U.S. regulators for treating non-metastatic lung cancer, following the success of the so-called Pacific trial.


Sunday, 30 July 2017

New Zealand ministry says second farm tests positive for serious cattle disease

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries said on Monday that a second dairy farm in the South Island tested positive for a serious cattle disease called Mycoplasma bovis.


Trump urges Republican senators not to give up on healthcare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Republican senators not to give up trying to pass a healthcare bill, after they failed last week to muster enough votes to repeal and replace parts of Obamacare.