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US FDA grants accelerated approval to Genfit and Ipsen’s liver disease drug

By Puyaan Singh and Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to French drugmakers Ipsen and Genfit’s drug for a chronic inflammatory liver disease, Iqirvo, the companies said on Monday. Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) causes inflammation of the small bile ducts in the liver and eventually destroys them. It primarily affects women aged 30 to …

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Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut mission extended through June 18

The first astronaut mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule will last a bit longer than we’d thought. Starliner launched on June 5, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS) on a shakeout cruise called Crew Flight Test (CFT). Wilmore and Williams arrived at the orbiting lab on June 6 for a roughly week-long stay …

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France’s National Rally plans to woo other right-wingers

Following its win in the European elections, France’s right-wing populist National Rally (RN) wants to woo other right-wingers, including from the far-right Reconquest party, for the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron. “I myself am perfectly willing to discuss with personalities who do not come from the National Rally and who share the ambition to bring some of …

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