Australian regulator weighs India spice mix issue for possible recall
By Rishika Sadam and Aditya Kalra HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Australia's food safety agency said on Tuesday it was weighing accusations of contamination about some spice mixes sold by Indian companies MDH and Everest to decide if a food recal...
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J&J, Bristol Myers lose challenges to US drug price negotiation program
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a challenge by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson to a law requiring them to negotiate the prices of their blockbuster blood clot prevention drugs with the U.S government's Medi...
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US FDA grants full approval for Pfizer's cervical cancer drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted traditional approval for Pfizer's drug for cervical cancer patients with disease progression on or after chemotherapy, the agency said on Monday. (Reporting by Pratik Jain in Bengaluru; Edi...
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State health plans must cover gender-affirming surgery, US appeals court rules
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of...
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USDA to test ground beef in US states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing but remains confident the meat supply is safe. The USDA wil...
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One dose of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy back in supply, FDA website shows
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration website showed on Monday one dose of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy is available after being in short supply, while three other doses remained in limited availability due to increased demand...
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Annovis' Alzheimer's treatment helps improve cognition in trial
(Reuters) -Annovis Bio said on Monday its Alzheimer's treatment showed significantly higher improvement in cognition in patients during a mid-stage trial. The company's drug buntanetap works by decreasing the production of amyloid beta protein, believ...
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US FDA publishes final rule for laboratory developed tests
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday published the final rule to ensure safety and effectiveness of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), which are designed, manufactured and used within a clinical laboratory. (Reporting ...
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India's Manipal Hospitals acquires majority stake in Medica Synergie
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Manipal Hospitals has agreed to acquire 87% stake in Medica Synergie and will integrate Medica Synergie into its portfolio and rebrand it, Manipal said on Monday. (Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru; Editin...
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US FDA approves X4 Pharmaceuticals' therapy for immunodeficiency disease
By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -X4 Pharmaceuticals said on Monday the U.S. FDA has approved its therapy to treat a rare genetic immunodeficiency disease in patients 12 years of age and older, sending its shares up 16% before the bell. X4's mavorixafor, ...
Apr 29, 2024
Japan's Ono Pharmaceutical to buy Deciphera for $2.4 billion
(Reuters) - Deciphera Pharmaceuticals said on Monday Japan's Ono Pharmaceutical Co will acquire the cancer drug developer for $2.4 billion in cash. Ono Pharma has offered $25.60 per share, a premium of 74.7% to the U.S. company's last closing price...
Apr 29, 2024
Morphosys says Novartis takeover progressing as planned for H1 2024
BERLIN (Reuters) - Morphosys said its takeover by Novartis was still expected to be closed in the first half of this year, in a statement responding to a possible safety risk reported by specialist news website STAT News that knocked the company's ...
Apr 29, 2024
Analysis-Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push
By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) - Philip Morris International's goals for heated tobacco in the United States are reachable, analysts and investors say, even though rivals see limited potential in a market where vaping dominates. The world's bigges...
Apr 29, 2024
Philips pays $1.1 billion in U.S. settlement over ventilator recall
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch medical devices maker Philips said on Monday it had agreed to pay $1.1 billion in a settlement of personal injury cases in the United States related to the global recall of ventilators used to treat sleep apnea. Philips ...
Apr 29, 2024
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination
HYDERABAD (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-ca...
Apr 27, 2024
CVS Omnicare staff in Las Vegas vote to join new union
(Reuters) - Staff at CVS Health's unit Omnicare in Las Vegas voted to join the Pharmacy Guild, becoming the first location at the national pharmacy chain to join the union. About 87% of workers at CVS Omnicare, a provider of pharmacy services to lo...
Apr 26, 2024
Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The administration is expected to announce its decision as soon as F...
Apr 26, 2024
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
(Reuters) -The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said on Friday, but urged countries to stay alert for cases of animal-to-human transmission. The UN-agency said countries should im...
Apr 26, 2024
Bayer CEO wins first AGM shareholder vote
(Reuters) - Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on Friday won a vote of confidence at his first annual general meeting (AGM) at the helm of the embattled healthcare and agriculture group, defying a challenge from one German fund managing house. Bayer said inv...
Apr 26, 2024
PE firm Advent to invest $297 million in India's Apollo Hospitals unit
BENGALURU (Reuters) -PE firm Advent International will invest 24.75 billion rupees (nearly $297 million) in Apollo Hospitals' unit Apollo HealthCo and will merge its online pharmacy vertical 'Apollo 24/7' with pharmacy distributor Keimed, the hospital ...
Apr 26, 2024
US FDA says about 1 in 5 commercial milk samples tested positive for bird flu traces
(Reuters) -About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. There is no ev...
Apr 26, 2024
AbbVie raises annual profit forecast on strong Skyrizi sales
By Leroy Leo and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) - AbbVie raised its annual profit forecast on Friday after strong sales of its immunology drug Skyrizi and cancer drug Imbruvica helped the company beat Wall Street estimates for the first quarter. The c...
Apr 26, 2024
HCA beats first-quarter profit estimates on higher patient admissions
(Reuters) - HCA Healthcare on Friday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit, helped by higher patient admissions due to demand for healthcare services. The hospital operator, however, reaffirmed its annual forecast. In the first quarter, H...
Apr 26, 2024
Centene raises 2024 profit forecast on strength in commercial plans
(Reuters) - Centene Corp raised annual profit forecast and beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Friday, helped by higher premiums from its commercial insurance business. The health insurer banks more on commercial plans and state ...
Apr 26, 2024
US FDA approves Pfizer's gene therapy for rare bleeding disorder
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's gene therapy for hemophilia B on Friday, the second such therapy for the rare bleeding disorder that typically requires regular infusions of a blood-clotting protein. People with h...
Apr 26, 2024