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...India, which passed 5m cases, will buy 100m doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine candidate. Eli Lilly’s antibody treatment reduced hospitalisations....
...Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, and Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s leader, will meet in Belfast on Monday....
...(FT) UK parliament prorogued British lawmakers blocked Boris Johnson’s second attempt to hold a snap general election to break Britain’s Brexit impasse....
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...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...Rival Eli Lilly announced job cuts and a focus on new medicines while AstraZeneca was boosted by good news on its cancer pipeline....
...Lilly mulls spin-off or sale of animal health business (FastFT) Cargill ramps up animal nutrition business with Diamond V deal (FastFT) Asian buyers tap into ‘pampered pooch’ market (FT) ICE to buy bond...
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