AGI Therapeutics will widen its focus beyond gastro-intestinal disorders and develop alternative uses for its flagship Rezular product after disappointing clinical trials earlier this year.

DUBLIN-based pharmaceutical company AGI Therapeutics said yesterday that it is confident of introducing the first commercial treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in the US market in 10 years.

IRISH pharmaceutical company AGI Therapeutics has seen its first half losses widen by about $1.5 million (€1.05m).

Dublin based pharmaceutical company AGI Therapeutics has announced a pre-tax loss of $7.46m (€5.2m) for the six months to the end of June 2008. This compares to a loss of $8.9m (€6.2m) the same time last year.

IRISH drug firm AGI Therapeutics has reported a widening of its full-year losses to €14.1m — up from €4.3m in 2006.

AGI Therapeutics has today reported audited financial results for the twelve months ended December 31 2007, inlcuding a net loss of €14.1m)

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who has pancreatic cancer, was in “very serious” condition after his health deteriorated, the Italian news agency AGI reported tonight.

IEX-listed gastrointestinal drug products company AGI Therapeutics has announced net losses of €4.3m.

Speciality pharmaceutical company AGI Therapeutics made a net loss of €2.3m for the half year to the end of June.

AGI Therapeutics, the Irish Stock Exchange-listed specialist drugs firm, has appointed David G Kelly as director and chief financial officer.

SHARES in AGI Therapeutics got off to a flyer on the company’s first day of trading on the Dublin and London stock markets yesterday.

Shares in AGI Therapeutics plc, a specialist pharmaceuticals company, began trading today on IEX, the Irish Stock Exchange’s specialist market for small and medium-sized companies.

A PHARMACEUTICAL company fronted by former Elan executives plans to raise over €40 million from a stock market flotation.

Norwich Union has announced that Ken Wallace, intermediary business director, will retire in September.

A two-storey building collapsed early today in a small town in north-western Italy, killing a couple and their five-year-old son and injuring one man, Italian news reports said.

A 655-foot cruise ship ran aground near St Mark’s Square in Venice amid thick fog today, leading to concerns about safety in the waterway.

FOUR Italians working as private security guards for a US company in Iraq and nine Americans were among 40 hostages being held in Iraq yesterday.

Italian police carried out a series of arrests today in an international terrorism operation.

Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi, who was arrested months ago for his alleged role in the dairy giant’s near-collapse, was taken to a hospital in Parma today.

The son and daughter of Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi were arrested today as the investigation into alleged fraud at the Italian food giant deepened.

Amid increasing concerns about his health, a frail Pope John Paul II gave thanks today for his 25-year pontificate and asked for continued help to carry on.

Pope John Paul could undergo kidney dialysis to cleanse his body of drugs he is taking for Parkinson’s disease, an Italian news agency said.

Authorities in Italy working through seismic aftershocks today made final preparations for a mass funeral for 29 victims of Thursday's earthquake.

Italian rescuers today frantically hunted for survivors of an earthquake which killed at least 23 people, including 20 children crushed when their school collapsed.

A security guard in northwestern Italy has shot dead seven people and then killed himself.

Experts performed a top-secret restoration of the Shroud of Turin, removing centuries-old patches and replacing a backing sewn centuries ago on to what some say was the burial cloth of Jesus, church officials announced today.

Forty baggage handlers at an Italian airport have been placed under investigation for allegedly stealing pearls, cameras and other high-priced goods out of passengers’ luggage, police said