Pfizer, J&J, Merck evaluating technologies for Zika vaccine

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, Johnson and Johnson and Merck & Co Inc said they were evaluating their technologies or existing vaccines for their potential to combat Zika, a rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease linked to birth defects.

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J&J, Alphabet aim for smarter, smaller, cheaper surgical robot

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson and Alphabet Inc's life sciences unit have formed an independent company to create far smaller, smarter and less costly robotic-assisted systems for surgery than those sold now by other companies, J&J said on Thursday.

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