Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Reuters Cars have been torched in a series of attacks on French jails since Sunday night Officially, all lines of enquiry are still open into a wave of arson and gun attacks at French prisons. That means police haven’t ruled out the extremist left, or a foreign power such as…
Dominic Hughes Global health correspondent Getty Images Escherichia coli bacteria – also known as E. coli, the bug that causes food poisoning – is one of the bacteria that is showing greater resistance to front-line antibiotics More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of…
The US State Department has revoked visas held by members of a Mexican band for “glorifying a drug kingpin”. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said the band, Los Alegres del Barranco, had projected an image of El Mencho onto a screen at a recent concert in Mexico. El Mencho, whose real name is Nemesio…
A view of the logo of Novo Nordisk at the company’s office in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, March 8, 2024. Tom Little | Reuters Copenhagen, DENMARK — Novo Nordisk defended disappointing trial results for its much-hyped next generation obesity drug candidate CagriSema, insisting it will be an “important” weight loss treatment. CEO…
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures while the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Copenhagen, DENMARK — Obesity drug giant Novo Nordisk…
Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Novo Nordisk logo displayed on a screen in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Novo Nordisk‘s hopes of heralding a new era of obesity treatment with its CagriSema drug have been called into question after a series of trial results sent shares falling. Headline results from…
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. All of them were dual citizens and their identities have been withheld, Canada’s foreign minister Mélanie Joly said. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Canada reportedly urged Ottawa to “stop making irresponsible remarks”, as pundits feared a further…
Getty Images Duterte was arrested in Manila in a dramatic turn of events A plane carrying former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in the Netherlands where he is to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his deadly “war on drugs”. Duterte was arrested at Manila airport on…
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it had struck a deal worth up to $5.3 billion to develop Danish biotech Zealand Pharma’s obesity drug candidate, as the two firms seek to compete in the burgeoning weight loss drug market. The deal will see the two companies co-develop and co-commercialize petrelintide, Zealand Pharma’s amylin analog as…
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Getty Images Duterte was arrested by police in Manila airport shortly after his arrival from Hong Kong Philippine police have arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs”. The 79-year-old was…
