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Astrazeneca entered into an agreement with based LEO Pharma, selling the Danish drug company rights to develop two experimental drugs to treat skin diseases.

Here are the four latest medical devices or drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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The only approved malaria vaccine in the world offers some protection after three doses, but dwindles in efficacy after seven years, according to a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the Xpert Carba-R Assay, a test that can analyze patient specimens to detect specific genetic markers associated with bacteria resistant to carbapenem antibiotics, which are commonly used in hospitals to treat severe infections.

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