Archive: 25/01/2017
Novartis to buy back $5 bn in shares
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced Wednesday a $5.0 billion share buyback even though competition from generics ate away at sales and earnings last year.
Jan 25, 2017
Fears over bird flu in China after 9 deaths this year
Nine people have died of bird flu in China this year, state media reported Wednesday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) urged all countries to promptly report human infections.
Jan 25, 2017
Critically ill children don't benefit from tightest control of blood sugar
Critically ill infants and children do not gain extra benefit from control of their blood sugar level to lower levels, compared to higher levels within the usual care range, say researchers who led a national clinical trial. ...
Jan 25, 2017
Two treatments yield similar outcomes in children after in-hospital cardiac arrest
Emergency body cooling does not improve survival or functional outcomes in children who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest any more than normal temperature control, according to a multicenter study led by the University ...
Jan 25, 2017