Bloomberg Alphabet Inc. is working with Lyft Inc. on a plan to test autonomous cars on the road, escalating a fight with Uber Technologies Inc. by partnering with its main rival in the US. Waymo, an automotive business owned by Google’s parent company, is currently holding public trials on its own using Chrysler minivans equipped with its technology in Phoenix. …

Bloomberg Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. faces a European Union antitrust probe for ramping up the price of cancer drugs as the EU joins a global crackdown on the soaring cost of life-saving generic medicines. “When the price of a drug suddenly goes up by several hundred percent, this is something the commission may look at,” EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager …

Bloomberg Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. agreed to buy Dutch drug-ingredients maker Patheon NV for $5.2 billion, extending the acquisition binge that helped turn it into one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of diagnostic and testing equipment. Thermo Fisher will pay $35 a share in cash, 35 percent above Patheon’s closing price, before Bloomberg News reported that the companies were in …