US-led trial shows positive results in hastening recovery time for coronavirus patients

Sum far exceeds $8bn fundraising target at upcoming EU-led donors’ conference

Nation’s pharma industry has matured but is still a lot better at incremental innovation than major breakthroughs

Industry highlights bottlenecks in access to materials that are a possible Covid-19 treatment

As researchers race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, we look at efforts to ensure that the world’s poor are not left behind — and ask whether the pandemic will jolt policymakers into confronting the looming threat from antimicrobial resistance

The world needs to act now to avert the threat from antimicrobial resistance

Pharma and its critics agree government has a big role to play in ensuring fair access to Covid-19 remedies

Federal Trade Commission votes 3-2 to approve tie-up between makers of Botox and Humira

The wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms seen by doctors is confounding the scientific community

Fund managers and energy-hungry tech companies bankroll ‘solar-plus-storage’ projects

Schemes to look at cutting emissions in sectors such as transport in push to meet 2050 ‘net zero’ target

California utility discloses $5bn pre-tax charge tied to claims

The president has turned his populist fire on big business, but is he attacking corporate greed or political opponents?

State-backed utility under pressure as it plans to invest in new coal mines

Shares in Peabody Energy and Arch Coal fall sharply after regulatory action

Group says 230 jobs will be lost at Selby site at it looks to beat 2025 fossil fuel deadline

American producers are coming under pressure on several fronts

Policy reversal follows Cameron vow to rid UK of ‘unsightly’ structures

Demand for classically defensive stocks rises as viral outbreak worsens

As Beijing connects the region, the Philippines weighs ‘shutdown’ risk

One of the first large acquisitions to be agreed since coronavirus pandemic rocked global markets

Energy, water and other utility groups keep services going despite lockdowns and cuts

Decline leads to a drop in wholesale prices as businesses close

Loan scheme worth up to £100m a month would allow suppliers to assist struggling customers

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

Supplier says sector should be ‘back of the queue’ for additional government support

Shutdowns likely to shift energy use from fossil fuels towards wind and solar

If lenders maintain support, the company’s balance sheet may not need an urgent fix

Suffolk residents cry foul as French group seeks to continue process despite lockdown  

Chipmaker likely to be interested in app’s traffic data rather than its customers

Potential cost cuts should not be used as justification for a UK telecoms tie-up

British and American consumers are unlikely to ‘spend, spend, spend’ after the lockdowns

Buyers who get cold feet tend to have the advantage but jilted targets can still extract value

Customers and investors may appear immune to staff complaints but regulators have not lost interest

Well-capitalised businesses will have an increased advantage for the next few years

Retail sales rise by 40 per cent in second quarter

Retail services group’s new Shop app needs a price gimmick to lure buyers in

The website this week notched up 240m unique visitors

Finding love in a time of corona is tricky, converting activity into paid accounts is harder yet

Investment group that owns US malls pledges to help groups weather coronavirus crisis

Join our live discussion with buying agent Henry Pryor on Friday May 8 at 12 and 5pm UK time

How markets are beginning to stir from their coronavirus-induced slumber

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt

Virtual home viewings are a world away from actual buying, especially with unemployment rising

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

Investors demanded too high a price to lend to US carrier reeling from coronavirus shutdown

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

First-quarter volatility deals $39bn blow to SNB as it steps up fight for Swiss franc