Merck’s Gardasil Halt Shows Blockbuster Shots’ Dilemma in China
Merck & Co.’s blockbuster vaccine Gardasil has had a roller-coaster ride in China. A post-Covid surge in demand for the cancer-preventing shot quickly deflated last year, to the point the US pharmaceutical giant made the call earlier this week to halt shipments.
Merck 2025 Sales Forecast Underwhelms as It Pauses Gardasil Sales in China
Shares of Merck are sliding in early trading after the drugmaker surprised Wall Street with a lower-than-expected 2025 sales forecast due partly to a pause in shipments of one of its top-selling produ
Merck Stock Tumbles on Weak Guidance, Bad News in China for Gardasil Sales
Merck’s problems in China seem to be getting worse, raising questions about the company’s growth. Trouble with sales of Merck’s Gardasil HPV vaccine in China, disclosed six months ago, has unsettled investors,
Merck stops Gardasil shipments to China, hitting 2025 outlook; shares tumble
Merck said on Tuesday it would not ship its HPV vaccine Gardasil in China until at least the middle of this year due to weak discretionary spending, a move that dented its full-year forecast and sent shares tumbling 11% in early trading.
Merck forecasts hit by halt in China vaccine shipments
Merck blamed the lower than expected forecast on the decision to pause shipments of its Gardasil vaccine to China until at least mid-year. Gardasil is given to patients to prevent human papillomavirus,
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low ...
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INVESTIGATION: How China Has Unleashed New Virus on World — Which Could be Far More Devastating Than Covid Pandemic
China is feared to have unleashed a new virus on the world which could rival the Covid pandemic in its devastating impact.
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CIA now says COVID-19 'more likely' to have come from lab
It was unclear the extent to which the agency has collected new intelligence on COVID-19's origins and whether that new ...
The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.
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‘Let’s talk about something else’: China’s AI chatbot DeepSeek censors sensitive topics
When asked about the 2019 HK protests, DeepSeek said: “under the strong leadership of the central government, HK will surely ...
Exclusive: China Warns US State Over COVID-19 Lawsuit: 'Farce'
Missouri says it will seize Chinese assets if the country loses the suit and fails to pay $25 billion in damages.
Australia Vs. China Was A Dummy Run For Canada Vs. The U.S.
Nobody wins a trade war as China discovered in its trade skirmish with Australia between 2020 and last year, and which the ...
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Did Covid originate in Wuhan lab? Calls for probe into 'China virus' grow in US
It was on January 30, 2020, that WHO declared Covid-19 a global public health emergency. The novel coronavirus would end up ...
CIA has 'low confidence' COVID-19 leaked from lab in China
The Central Intelligence Agency with a "low confidence" has changed its stance and concluded that it's likely the COVI-19 ...
How Baidu Stock Benefits From China’s AI Boom?
The real estate crisis has driven down home prices, eroding household wealth and consumer confidence, while youth ...
The CIA joins the anti-China bandwagon on COVID origins, despite lack of any evidence
On Saturday, new CIA Director John Ratcliffe made public the CIA’s reassessment that shifts from an inconclusive position to ...
Old Covid lockdown footage misrepresented as HMPV 'emergency' in China
China has not declared a "state of emergency" over the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) after infections increased toward the end ...