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US biopharma firm Amgen to acquire Horizon Therapeutics for $28 bn
US biopharma firm Amgen to acquire Horizon Therapeutics for $28 bn
by  AFP

US biopharmaceutical firm Amgen said Monday it has reached agreement to acquire Horizon Therapeutics, which specializes in medicine for rare and auto-immune diseases, for $27.8 billion. Founded in 2005, Horizon Therapeutics develops and markets drugs for rare, auto-immune and inflammatory illnesses.

Musk to relaunch Twitter plan after fake account fiasco
Musk to relaunch Twitter plan after fake account fiasco
by  AFP

Twitter owner Elon Musk was set to relaunch a subscription service on Monday after a first attempt saw an embarrassing spate of fake accounts that scared advertisers and created doubt on the site's future. In the US relaunch, the Twitter Blue subscription service will cost $8 per month for users accessing Twitter on the web and $11 for those signing up on an Apple device.

One in five cars on Norway's roads are electric
One in five cars on Norway's roads are electric
by  AFP

One in five cars on Norway's roads are electric, a share that has doubled in less than three years, the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association said Monday. While it took almost 10 years for the country's electric car fleet to go from zero to 10 percent of the market -- a level reached in March 2020 -- it took less than three years for the share to then double to 20 percent, the body said.

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