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UPDATE 1-Humira, Rituxan top list of U.S. drugs with biggest price increases -report

AbbVie Inc’s arthritis drug Humira and Roche Holding AG’s cancer drug Rituxan topped a list of seven treatments whose combined 2017 and 2018 price hikes accounted for a $5.1 billion increase in U.S. spending, a report released on Tuesday showed. The price hikes were more than twice the rate of medical inflation and were not supported by any new clinical evidence, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) said in the analysis. Other top treatments by spending that were called out included Pfizer Inc’s pain drug Lyrica, Gilead Sciences Inc’s HIV drug Truvada, Amgen Inc’s cancer drug …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-“Call of Duty: Mobile” smashes records with 100 mln downloads in first week

The mobile version of videogame franchise “Call of Duty” racked up 100 million downloads in its first week, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, dwarfing the debuts of previous smashes including “Fortnite” and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG). PUBG, Fortnite and Electronic Arts’ “Apex Legends” scored 26.3 million, 22.5 million and 25 million respectively in their first week of release. “This is by far the largest mobile game launch in history in terms of the player base that’s been built in the first week,” said Randy Nelson, head of mobile insights at Sensor Tower. …read more […]

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Nissan Picks New CEO to Lead Recovery From Ghosn Scandal

(Bloomberg) — Nissan Motor Co. named the head of its China joint venture as chief executive officer, as the Japanese carmaker looks to heal divisions caused by its former chairman’s arrest and repair fraught relations with partner Renault SA.Makoto Uchida, 53, will work alongside Ashwani Gupta from affiliate Mitsubishi Motors Corp., who was named chief operating officer while Jun Seki, the former chief of Nissan in China, will become deputy COO., the board said Tuesday.Nissan’s third boss in as many years will need to address deteriorating profits and strained relations with Renault as well as executing a massive restructuring.Nissan’s relationship …read more […]

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Blackstone, Kirkbi launch sale of insulation maker Armacell – sources

Buyout group Blackstone and Danish family investor Kirkbi are launching the sale of German insulation foam maker Armacell in a potential 1.3-1.5 billion euro ($1.43-$1.65 billion) deal, people close to the matter said. Rothschild has been brought in to handle the deal, the people said. Blackstone and Kirkbi, the owner of the Lego toy brand, declined to comment, as did Rothschild. …read more […]

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“Call of Duty Mobile” smashes records with 100 mln downloads in first week

The mobile version of videogame franchise “Call of Duty” racked up 100 million downloads in its first week, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, dwarfing the debuts of previous smashes including “Fortnite” and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG). “This is by far the largest mobile game launch in history in terms of the player base that’s been built in the first week,” said Randy Nelson, Head of Mobile Insights at Sensor Tower. The first-person shooter hit’s publisher Activision Blizzard Inc launched Call of Duty: Mobile on Oct. 1. …read more […]