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BEIJING: The tsunami of Covid-19 that’s taking hold across China is spurring concern that a dangerous new virus variant could emerge for the first time in more than a year, just as genetic sequencing to catch such a threat is dwindling.

Parents have been given an urgent warning over 'substandard' medicine after suspected contamination of cough syrup in Indonesia led to the deaths of almost 200 people, mostly children

The alleged kingpin of a global drug trafficking syndicate has appeared in a Melbourne court after being extradited from the Netherlands to face justice.

Canadian national Tse Chi Lop is extradited to Melbourne from the Netherlands to face charges of conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of controlled drugs.

A 47-year-old Hobart man has been charged after police seized more than 11,000 MDMA pills, worth about $400,000, along with drug manufacturing equipment.

Several soldiers are arrested in Gambia over a foiled alleged coup plot. Authorities say they're in pursuit of three other suspected accomplices. Also in Gambia, a parliamentary committee recommends that the government ban and prosecute an Indian pharmaceutical company accused of causing the deaths of at least 70 children. And…

Merit delivered the milestone three years faster than the biotech industry standard of around five years

More than 397 million fatal fentanyl doses have been intercepted this year with just two milligrams enough to be deadly, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration

The need for more advanced biotech research and development has increased amid an aging population and growing medical needs. Investors' sentiment toward biotech stocks has improved significantly over the past months. Given the industry's solid prospects, fundamentally sound biotech stocks Exelixis (EXEL), Innoviva (INVA), and Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX) might be…