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Ascendis Pharma Hit By FDA Delay As TransCon CNP Decision Slips To 2026
The U.S. Food Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday extended review for Ascendis Pharma A/S‘ (NASDAQ:ASND) New Drug Application (NDA) for TransCon CNP (navepegritide) for children with achondroplasia.
Benzinga
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Did ‘Yadav pride’ songs galvanise support for the NDA in Bihar?
After a post-mortem on its Bihar assembly poll performance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has decided to crack down on the booming ecosystem of election-time music. On Saturday, the party said it will send legal notices to singers and creators who used RJD flags, symbols or leader names in their…
Newslaundry
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Is Modi saving print media? Congrats, you’re paying for it
So, the government in its largesse has decided to increase the rates they pay to print media by 26 percent. 
Newslaundry
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Bihar 2025: Women trust Nitish’s delivery over Mahagathbandhan’s promises
In Patna, the offices of all three major parties – the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the BJP and JD(U) – are located on the same road, within a short distance of each other. On Friday afternoon, BJP and JD(U) workers were celebrating their stupendous victory in the Bihar assembly elections. 
Newslaundry
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Bihar’s verdict: Why people chose familiar failures over unknown risks
Bihar’s election results leave very little room for interpretation.
Newslaundry
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Axis fails once again. This time in Bihar
The trends have solidified and they’ve blown past what almost every exit pollster dared to predict in Bihar. The NDA is cruising to an easy majority, tracking 201 seats at the time of writing this report. The Mahagathbandhan is marooned at 36. Exit polls broadly called an NDA win, but…
Newslaundry
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Landslide for NDA, highest vote share for RJD, Cong blames ‘vote chori’
Bihar is barrelling toward one of its most emphatic mandates in years. The NDA has opened up an unassailable lead, ahead on 205 of 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan is left clinging to just 31, with independents and smaller outfits leading on seven.
Newslaundry
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In Bihar, mixed fortunes for strongmen and their families this election
Bihar’s romance with strongman politics took shape in the post-Mandal 1990s, when hardened caste loyalties and weakened state institutions created space for bahubalis to rise as parallel centres of power. They stepped into the vacuum, becoming both feared and admired, a dynamic reflected in their electoral successes.
Newslaundry
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Bihar deputy CMs set to win big. UC-OBC formula strikes again?
The NDA’s strategy of pairing an influential OBC leader with a prominent upper-caste face appears to have paid off in Bihar. As counting day unfolds, both of the state’s deputy chief ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, seem to have secured decisive wins.
Newslaundry
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Modi's coalition leads in a key Indian state election
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling coalition is leading in a key state election
The Independent UK
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