SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

07:53 AM EDT, 06/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Nuvation Bio ( NUVB ) said Tuesday that taletrectinib has been added as a preferred agent in the updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guidelines for non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC. The guidance now supports taletrectinib as a treatment option for both first-line and subsequent therapy in ROS1-positive NSCLC, including for...

07:53 AM EDT, 06/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Vera Bradley's ( VRA ) consumer wearables brand Pura Vida Bracelets has been acquired by CriticalPoint, the financial firm said Tuesday. Additionally, Ryan Heuser, co-founder and former president of Paul Frank Industries, has joined Pura Vida as the company's new chief executive officer, effective immediately, CriticalPoint said. Financial terms of the transaction were...

07:52 AM EDT, 06/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- InMed Pharmaceuticals ( INM ) said Tuesday that new preclinical data show that INM-901 significantly reduces inflammation in ex vivo models of neuroinflammation. The data demonstrate a statistically significant reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and levels of inflammasome marker NLRP3, supporting the potential of INM-901 as a therapeutic candidate for Alzheimer's disease, the company...