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  • ‘Not a distraction’: Schmidt says Wallabies have opportunity with absences

    ‘Not a distraction’: Schmidt says Wallabies have opportunity with absences

    Joe Schmidt is refusing to complain about ‘unfair’ odds being stacked against his Wallabies in the Twickenham Test with England, despite being deprived of the chance to field some of his top players.

    Australia’s coach…

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  • House of Ashur’ Red-Band Trailer Is So Very Bloody 

    House of Ashur’ Red-Band Trailer Is So Very Bloody 

    Starz is making sure audiences know Spartacus: House of Ashur will be as bloody and sexy as fans of the franchise have come to expect. The explicit red band trailer for the series, which bows on Starz Dec. 5, arrives more than a decade…

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  • British health authorities warn of “unusually early” start to winter flu season-Xinhua

    LONDON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Britain is experiencing an unusually early start to its winter flu season, with a marked rise in cases among children and increasing activity across other age groups, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said…

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  • ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Season 6 News & Updates

    ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Season 6 News & Updates

    SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for the Season 5 finale episode of Only Murders in the Building.

    Another Arconia murder mystery has come and gone, but another dead body was found on the premises, though it could be argued that…

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  • I Played Google’s New Pac-Man Halloween Doodle: It’s a Totally Tubular ’80s Throwback

    I Played Google’s New Pac-Man Halloween Doodle: It’s a Totally Tubular ’80s Throwback

    My fellow 1980s children, our old pal Pac-Man is back. And how in the world is he 45 years old already? The new Halloween Google Doodle is here to challenge us with a spooky-themed version of the classic arcade game on our computers and other…

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  • Australia’s insurance market softens as competition intensifies

    Australia’s insurance market softens as competition intensifies

    The property sector is seeing an influx of local and international capacity.

    Australia’s insurance market is entering a softening phase as competition increases, particularly in property and financial lines, according to WTW’s latest Global…

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  • Nektar Therapeutics to Participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London

    Nektar Therapeutics to Participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London

    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced that company management will be webcasting its participation in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference being held November 17-20, 2025 in London.

    • Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London on Thursday, November 20, 2025 – webcast to be available at 11:00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time / 3:00 a.m. Pacific Time – link here

    The fireside chat will be accessible via the webcast link above as well as on the Investor Events section of the Nektar website: https://ir.nektar.com/events-and-presentations/events. A replay of the presentation will be available for 30 days.

    If you would like to request a one-on-one meeting with company management during the conference, please reach out to your Jefferies representative.

    About Nektar Therapeutics

    Nektar Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments that address the underlying immunological dysfunction in autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. Nektar’s lead product candidate, rezpegaldesleukin (REZPEG, or NKTR-358), is a novel, first-in-class regulatory T cell stimulator being evaluated in two Phase 2b clinical trials, one in atopic dermatitis, one in alopecia areata, and in one Phase 2 clinical trial in Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Nektar’s pipeline also includes a preclinical bivalent tumor necrosis factor receptor type II (TNFR2) antibody and bispecific programs, NKTR-0165 and NKTR-0166, and a modified hematopoietic colony stimulating factor (CSF) protein, NKTR-422. Nektar, together with various partners, is also evaluating NKTR-255, an investigational IL-15 receptor agonist designed to boost the immune system’s natural ability to fight cancer, in several ongoing clinical trials.

    Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For further information, visit http://www.nektar.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

    Contact:

    For Investors:

    Vivian Wu of Nektar Therapeutics
    628-895-0661

    For Media:

    Jonathan Pappas
    LifeSci Communications
    857-205-4403
    [email protected] 

    SOURCE Nektar Therapeutics

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  • Eugenie, Beatrice to keep royal titles

    Eugenie, Beatrice to keep royal titles

    Prince Andrew will soon simply be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor after the process to strip the disgraced brother of King Charles III of all of his royal titles began today, but his daughters will keep theirs.

    The formal process to remove…

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  • Your DNA could reveal a hidden heart attack risk: Scientists uncover the genetic code behind high cholesterol |

    Your DNA could reveal a hidden heart attack risk: Scientists uncover the genetic code behind high cholesterol |

    In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers have created the first comprehensive genetic resource to identify people at risk of dangerously high cholesterol and heart disease, even if their cholesterol levels appear normal. The…

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  • Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Linked to Increased Heart Disease Risk

    Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Linked to Increased Heart Disease Risk

    Individuals diagnosed with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) are at a moderately increased risk of multiple cardiovascular diseases, with conduction disorders showing the most consistent and significant association, according to a study…

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