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BBC News - Top stories
Study links weight-loss drug to rare eye condition
People prescribed semaglutide may have a higher risk of developing a rare eye condition, a study suggests. -
MarketWatch - Business
Roche to halt lung-cancer drug trial after disappointing data
Roche Holding said it plans to halt a mid- and late-stage clinical study for a combination of drugs to treat lung cancer after it failed to meet the trial’s primary efficacy goals. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
An Online Pharmacy Pledged to Make Prescriptions Easier. It Sent the Wrong Drugs Instead.
Elevance’s CarelonRx customers waited weeks for prescriptions or received medications that could have harmed them. -
ABC News - World
U.S. citizen convicted of drug-related charges by Moscow court
Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison -
CBS News - Top stories
Russia sentences American man to 12.5 years in prison on drug charges
A court in Russia has sentenced U.S. national Robert Woodland to more than 12 years in prison on drug charges, his lawyer says.Russia -
The Wall Street Journal - Business
An Online Pharmacy Pledged to Make Prescriptions Easier. It Sent the Wrong Drugs Instead.
Elevance’s CarelonRx customers waited weeks for prescriptions or received medications that could have harmed them. -
The New York Times - Health
V. Craig Jordan, Who Discovered a Key Breast Cancer Drug, Dies at 76
He found that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of cancer cells, opening up a whole new class of treatment. -
CNBC - Business
Novo Nordisk shares shrug off concerns over study linking weight loss drugs to rare eye condition
Novo Nordisk investors appeared unperturbed Thursday by a critical Harvard report that linked weight loss drugs to a rare eye condition. -
ABC News - World
Indonesia sentences Australian man to 6-month rehabilitation over drug possession in Bali
An Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian man to six months of medical rehabilitation for possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of BaliIndonesia -
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ABC News - World
US citizen Robert Woodland convicted in Moscow of drug-related charges and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison
US citizen Robert Woodland convicted in Moscow of drug-related charges and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison