The company behind the drug donanemab said it will ask regulators to reconsider the decision.
Category: 3. Europe
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EU regulators block new Alzheimer’s drug citing potentially fatal side effects
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Orbán on the EU’s survival kit proposal: ‘Are these people up to something?’
The Hungarian prime minister said the EU Commission’s call for people to prepare a 72-hour emergency kit was scary. “What’s on these people’s minds? Are they up to something?” the politician lamented, speaking on public radio.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was…
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EU drugs regulator rejects Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug – POLITICO
In a Phase 3 trial involving 1,700 people, Kisunla slowed cognitive decline by up to 35 percent in 18 months compared to a placebo group. But there were three deaths considered to be related to treatment, compared with one among those taking the placebo.
“Europeans living with early…
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Putin floats idea of UN-led government in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more “competent” government.
It is the latest attempt by the Russian president to challenge the legitimacy of the Kyiv government.
Ukraine accused Putin of proposing “crazy” ideas to…
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EU uncorks new era for no- and low alcohol wines with new naming rules
‘Alcohol-free’, ‘0.0%’ and ‘alcohol light’ are the new standardised denominations proposed by the European Commission for no and low-alcohol (NoLo) wine products in a bid to enhance their appeal.
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ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images: ‘An insult to life itself’
“I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.” Wise words from legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, whose comments on AI in 2016 are going viral following this week’s trend of creating Studio Ghibli-style portraits with ChatGPT’s latest update.
You…
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Dani Alves: Spanish court quashes former Barcelona and Brazil defender’s sexual assault conviction
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has had a rape conviction overturned on appeal by a Spanish court.
The appeals division of Catalonia’s High Court of Justice unanimously upheld the appeal by the 41-year-old and acquitted him, saying the case against him had “inconsistencies and…
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US dismisses Putin’s idea of temporary UN governance in Ukraine
The Russian leader suggested that Ukraine be under temporary UN control until a “competent” government was elected, despite it being contrary to Ukrainian law.
Washington has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal that Ukraine should be put under…
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Era of close US-Canadian relations is ‘over’, warns Prime Minister Mark Carney
After Trump announced more tariffs this week, the new Canadian prime minister described Washington as ‘no longer a reliable partner’.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the era of close bilateral relations between his country and the US “is over,” following…
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Euronews Culture’s Film of the Week: ‘Baby Invasion’
US director Harmony Korine’s second EDGLRD production, now available online, is shallow and mind-numbingly dull First-Person Shooter nonsense.
I’ve been putting off watching Baby Invasion for as long as I could, ever since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival…
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