(Reuters) – Walgreens Boots Alliance has shelved plans for a potential initial public offering of its UK-based Boots drugstore chain as sale talks continue, Bloomberg News reported on Friday citing people with knowledge of the matter. The pharmacy chain is now exploring other options for Boots and has continued informal talks with potential buyers, including…
By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Echo Wang (Reuters) -Shares of Waystar fell 2.3% below their initial public offering price in their Nasdaq Global Select Market debut on Friday, giving the healthcare payments company a valuation of $3.50 billion. The company’s stock opened at $21, slightly below the IPO price of $21.50, which was at the…
By Michael Erman (Reuters) – A 15-day course of Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid did not relieve symptoms of long COVID, according a study by Stanford University researchers. Currently, there are no proven treatments specifically for long COVID in which a host of symptoms can last for many months after initial coronavirus infection. Scientists and…
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States may reach a point in coming years where it will have to increase deployments of strategic nuclear weapons to deter growing threats from adversaries, a senior White House aide said on Friday. Pranay Vaddi, a top National Security Council official, made the statement in a speech to…
