Women-focused health startup Maven valued at $1.7 billion in funding round
By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Niket Nishant (Reuters) - Women-focused healthcare firm Maven Clinic was valued at $1.7 billion af...
Oct 08, 2024
Danco Lab to seek expanded use of abortion pill to manage miscarriages, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -Danco Laboratories plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve its abortion pill regimen for man...
Oct 08, 2024
Fresenius looking to boost production after hurricane damage at Baxter
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Fresenius said it is checking options to start new infusion-solution production lines faster ...
Oct 08, 2024
WeightWatchers adds compounded version of Novo's obesity drug to weight-loss program
(Reuters) -WeightWatchers said on Tuesday it would offer compounded form of Novo Nordisk's popular obesity drug Wegovy as par...
Oct 08, 2024
Sage Therapeutics scraps Alzheimer's drug development after trial fails; shares tank
(Reuters) -Sage Therapeutics said on Tuesday it would discontinue the development of its experimental drug for Alzheimer's di...
Oct 08, 2024
GSK RSV shot 43% effective against severe disease in third year
(Reuters) - GSK said on Tuesday that its Arexvy respiratory syncytial virus vaccine was 43.3% effective in preventing severe ...
Oct 08, 2024
Analysis-GSK, Pfizer RSV vaccine sales fall in US as millions fewer people line up
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - U.S. sales of RSV vaccines from GSK and Pfizer are down significantly after regulators narrowed ...
Oct 08, 2024
Siga Technologies to supply mpox therapy in Morocco
(Reuters) -Drugmaker Siga Technologies said on Tuesday it would supply its therapy for mpox in Morocco as part of a contract ...
Oct 08, 2024
In final rule, EPA requires removal of all US lead pipes in a decade
(Reuters) - The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtu...
Oct 08, 2024
Pfizer, BioNTech win bid to invalidate CureVac's UK COVID vaccine patents
LONDON (Reuters) -Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Tuesday won their attempt to invalidate two of rival CureVac's pa...
Oct 08, 2024
WHO warns of possible Lebanon disease outbreaks as hospitals shut
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official warned on Tuesday of disease outbreaks in Lebanon due to crowded cond...
Oct 08, 2024
Zealand, Boehringer win FDA breakthrough status to treat fatty liver
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Denmark's Zealand Pharma and German partner Boehringer Ingelheim have won the U.S. Food and Drug Admini...
Oct 08, 2024
One mpox case found in Uganda prison, official says
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -A case of mpox has been found in Nakasongola jail in central Uganda, a prison spokesp...
Oct 08, 2024
Andrew Ng's fund makes first India investment with AI healthcare firm Jivi
(Reuters) - Computer scientist Andrew Ng-led AI Fund said on Tuesday it has invested in an Indian artificial intelligence hea...
Oct 08, 2024
WuXi AppTec to raise $500 million in convertible bond sale as US restrictions loom
By Scott Murdoch and Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) - China's WuXi AppTec will raise $500 million in a convertible bond sale, acco...
Oct 08, 2024
J&J discontinues late-stage study for bladder cancer drug
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it has discontinued a late-stage study testing its experimental drug to treat...
Oct 07, 2024
Compounding group sues FDA for removing Lilly's weight loss drug from shortage list
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A drug compounding industry group on Monday sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its...
Oct 07, 2024
White House slams Supreme Court failure to take up Texas abortion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear a bid by President ...
Oct 07, 2024
US FDA approves Elanco's treatment for parasitic infections in dogs
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Elanco Animal Health's oral drug to protect dogs against six p...
Oct 07, 2024
US CDC to issue second-highest travel alert for Rwanda on Marburg outbreak
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue its second-highest level of travel notice for Rwand...
Oct 07, 2024
