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By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -Europe will lose out to countries like the U.S. and Japan on new medical research, trials and treatments unless draft rules reforming the European pharmaceutical landscape change, the CEO of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk warned on Thursday. The European Commission will present its proposed overhaul of the bloc’s pharmaceuticals regulation on March 29, the first major revisions to medicines rules in 20 years. It says […]

(Reuters) – Starbucks Corp said on Thursday it has no plans to send interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing on the company’s compliance with federal labor law. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s chairman Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday the committee will vote next week on whether to issue a subpoena for Schultz. The committee also will vote on authorizing the panel […]

(Reuters) – Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc said on Thursday it expects to delay its annual financial report as it has to correct errors identified in earlier financial statements. In a regulatory filing, Riot said its financial statements for the quarters ending in March, June and September in 2021 and 2022 can no longer be relied upon, as it had inaccurately calculated impairment related to its bitcoin assets. Riot’s shares […]