Donald Trump's pick for health secretary shakes the biotech industry

唐纳德·特朗普选择的卫生部长震动了生物技术行业

World Business Report

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2024-11-16

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Global vaccine makers' shares dip after news that Robert F Kennedy Jr is Donald Trump's pick to lead US health department. We find out why. One of China's investments in a Colombian mine has backfired after a drug gang commandeered part of the business. We look into what happened. The European Union has delayed by a year a regulation that was going to ban the import of goods linked to deforestation, a move that has been criticised by companies like chocolate maker Ferrero Rocher. We talk to one of its executives. Sri Lanka has a new president. We hear about the challenges he'll face to lift the economy. And we hear from our correspondent in the US about the latest ruling against a crypto scam.

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  • Now the news that Donald Trump wants Robert F.

  • Kennedy Jr.

  • To be his health secretary when he takes over as US president in January has caused some concern because Mr.