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ARTICLES BY SIMEON BENNETT

Globally, the virus has sickened more than 1,200 people and killed more than 440, the vast majority in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Reuters

MERS: The virus from the desert

3 min read . 10 Jun 2015

The firm last month wrapped up a deal with GlaxoSmithKline Plc in which it sold its vaccines business to the London-based drugmaker. Photo: AFP

Novartis reports first-quarter earnings that beat estimates

1 min read . 23 Apr 2015

Photo: Bloomberg

Sanofi names Olivier Brandicourt as CEO after Viehbacher firing

1 min read . 20 Feb 2015

GlaxoSmithKline Plc.shares rose to the highest in six months after the drug maker reported positive results from a trial combining two cancer drugs it’s selling to Novartis AG. Photo: AFP

Glaxo cancer trial to prompt $1.5 billion payment from Novartis

1 min read . 06 Feb 2015

The vaccine combines a shot from J&J’s Janssen unit in the Netherlands with one developed by Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic A/S in a so-called prime-boost vaccine. Photo: Bloomberg

J&J injects first volunteers in race to make Ebola vaccine

2 min read . 06 Jan 2015

Health workers in Guinea. Photo: AFP

Ebola rages in Sierra Leone as UN set to miss goals for curbing cases

2 min read . 01 Dec 2014

Chris Viehbacher clashed with some directors recently over efforts to sell an $8 billion drug portfolio, his move to Boston and his management style in general, according to people familiar with the matter. Photo: Bloomberg

Sanofi CEO ousted after tensions with board members

1 min read . 29 Oct 2014

Third-quarter sales rose 4% to $14.7 billion, compared with the average analyst estimate for revenue of $14.5 billion.

Novartis profit beats estimates as new drugs offset Diovan

2 min read . 28 Oct 2014

WHO and others are investigating whether survivors’ blood, which would contain antibodies, can be used to help hold off the disease in the current outbreak. Photo: Reuters

Ebola survivors turn caregivers, testing their immunity

3 min read . 24 Oct 2014

The European Commission and aid groups including Doctors Without Borders have criticized the WHO for a lack of leadership in coordinating the fight against the outbreak. Photo: AFP

Ebola fight needs $430 million to end record outbreak: WHO

4 min read . 26 Aug 2014

The sudden donation of as many as 1,000 doses of a vaccine that hasn’t been tested in humans is creating a conundrum because they could go to healthy people, rather than those already infected. Photo: AFP

First tests of Ebola vaccine appear at least a month away

6 min read . 14 Aug 2014

Paris-based Sanofi is looking for ways to buttress revenue and fend off competition from Novo Nordisk when its top-selling product, the Lantus insulin, loses patent protection next year. Photo: Bloomberg

Sanofi to pay MannKind up to $925 million for inhaled insulin

1 min read . 11 Aug 2014

A man reads a newspaper with a headline announcing government efforts to screen for Ebola at a newsstand in Lagos on Sunday. Photo: AFP

US doctor contracts Ebola in Liberia as virus reaches Nigeria

3 min read . 28 Jul 2014

Shire holders will receive £24.44 pounds in cash and 0.896 of an AbbVie share for each Shire share. The company rose 1.9% to £48.98 pounds at 11.30am in London. Photo: Reuters

AbbVie to buy Shire for $54.8 billion to get tax benefits

4 min read . 18 Jul 2014

Google said in January it was developing smart contact lenses after Bloomberg reported that the firm had met with officials at the US FDA who oversee medical devices. Photo: Bloomberg

Google allies with Novartis’s Alcon for smart contact lenses

1 min read . 15 Jul 2014

Sanofi plans to seek approval for the vaccine in the countries worst affected by dengue next year. Photo: Bloomberg

Sanofi dengue vaccine shows promise against 3 out of 4 viruses

3 min read . 11 Jul 2014

he WHO revised the number because the deadly effect of air contaminants, which extends beyond respiratory problems to heart attacks, strokes and cancer, are now better understood. Photo: Reuters

WHO says air pollution kills more than AIDS, diabetes

1 min read . 25 Mar 2014

While the latest HIV drugs can keep the virus in check, they don’t eliminate it from hidden reservoirs deep within the body. Photo: AFP

Clearing HIV in second baby has doctors seeking cures globally

3 min read . 06 Mar 2014

Almost all countries will be what are now called lower-middle income or richer by 2035, Bill Gates said. Photo: Mint

Bill Gates predicts almost no poor countries left by 2035

2 min read . 22 Jan 2014

The Sanofi-Aventis SA headquarters in Paris, France. Photo: Antoine Antoniol/Bloomberg

Sanofi multiple sclerosis drug fails to win FDA approval

3 min read . 30 Dec 2013