12:29 PM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with General Motors' ( GM ) comment in the second paragraph.) General Motors ( GM ) is planning to cut around 1,000 salaried positions globally in an attempt to streamline its operations, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. In order to win in this competitive market, we need to...

11:51 AM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Novartis (NVS) unit Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada said Friday that negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Pluvicto, a treatment for patients with a certain type of prostate cancer, have closed without an agreement. This outcome is a significant setback for people living with [metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer] whose cancer is progressing despite standard...

12:27 PM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Omineca Mining and Metals ( OMMSF ) on Friday said road access and first drill pads have been completed and diamond drilling is underway at the Wingdam hard rock exploration project located in the Cariboo Mining District of south central British Columbia. The company plans a 10-hole. 4,000-meter, program in downstream of the...

12:29 PM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Barinthus Biotherapeutics ( BRNS ) on Friday reported encouraging results from its ongoing phase 2b HBV003 trial for chronic hepatitis B. The study, involving 121 participants, assessed VTP-300 in combination with a low dose of anti-PD1 antibody nivolumab, and new data shows eight participants achieved complete HBsAg loss, while two met the criteria...