December2016

News Hour: Roche’s Gazyva cancer drug did not show a significant overall survival benefit and raised greater safety concerns than its predecessor Rituxan, a study showed, raising doubts over the Swiss pharmaceuticals group’s bid to replace...

News Hour: Biotechnology company ReNeuron Group Plc said its experimental stem cell therapy helped some patients improve motor functions in their arms in a mid-stage study after being disabled by stroke. Shares of the company jumped...

News Hour: Danish Novo Nordisk said on Monday it has filed for the European Union and the U.S. approval of semaglutide to treat adults with type 2 diabetes, reports Reuters. The company said the results of...

News Hour: GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday that Dominique Limet would step down at the end of March 2017 as head of the drugmaker’s majority-owned HIV business ViiV Healthcare, to be replaced by GSK insider Deborah Waterhouse....

 News Hour: Uber Team Dhaka  shared their experience. Coverage area We currently service the highlighted area on the map below. That means that you can request for pickups and be dropped off anywhere within the service area. Service...

News Hour: IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) in Berlin is today hosting a conference to advance discussion on how countries can agree to a common set of principles, approaches and priorities to improve data...

News Hour: The Republic of Korea has contributed USD 400,000 to IOM to provide support to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other conflict-affected communities in Yemen. Nearly two years since conflict escalated in Yemen, the situation...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a NZ$13.95 million (around $10 million) policy-based loan from its Ordinary Capital Resources to fund the Cook Islands Disaster Resilience Program which will rapidly make available financing...

News Hour: The World Bank Group pledged $1.3 billion over the next three years to support Madagascar’s development through its national development plan. The announcement was made at the Donors and Investors Conference for Madagascar, held...

News Hour: Al Pacino, The Eagles, James Taylor, gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples and Argentine pianist Martha Argerich were celebrated Sunday for their lifetime achievements at the last major arts gala attended by President Barack...