By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was among those affected by a wide-ranging hack centered on a piece of software called MOVEit Transfer, a[...]
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Eli Lilly to buy Sigilon Therapeutics to expand diabetes treatments
(Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co said on Thursday it will acquire all the shares of Sigilon Therapeutics that it did not own to gain access to experimental cell therapies that can provide longer-ter[...]
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Cancer plaintiffs drill down on J&J’s support for $8.9 billion talc deal
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – The lead negotiators for Johnson & Johnson’s proposed $8.9 billion settlement of thousands of talc lawsuits faced intense questioning in U.S. ba[...]
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J&J’s $8.9 billion talc settlement faces US bankruptcy test
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s proposed $8.9 billion settlement of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc products cause cancer faces a crucial hurdle this we[...]
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California man tells jury of getting cancer after using J&J baby powder
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A California man suing Johnson & Johnson told jurors on Monday how his life was upended by a cancer diagnosis that he blames on using the company’s baby[...]
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UnitedHealth bags Amedisys for $3.3 billion as home health firm scraps Option deal
(Reuters) -Home health and hospice caregiver Amedisys on Monday agreed to a $3.3 billion sweetened cash offer from UnitedHealth Group and scrapped an all-stock deal with Option Care Health. UnitedHeal[...]
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GSK soothes investors by settling first Zantac cancer lawsuit due for US trial
(This June 23 story has been corrected to say analysts had suggested cases in California, not only the Goetz case, would have cost GSK ‘low hundreds of millions’ of dollars to settle, in p[...]
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US business borrowing for equipment up 1% in May, ELFA survey shows
(Reuters) – U.S. companies borrowed 1% more in May compared to a year earlier to finance equipment investments, industry body Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Friday. The[...]
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California, other states join FTC bid to block Amgen deal
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The states of California, New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin have joined a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit to stop Amgen[...]
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