J&J kept a guiding hand on talc safety research
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson developed a strategy in the 1970s to deal with a growing volume of research showing that talc miners had elevated rates of lung…
Special Report: J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Darlene Coker is shown on a kitchen table full of many personal pictures of…
BioMarin sets stage early for hemophilia cure off-Broadway
(This version of the November 21st story has been refiled to show in paragraph 23 that Sangamo Therapeutics has six people in clinical trials) Cast members from the musical “Hemophilia:…
U.S. regulators snip red tape for medical devices to curb opioid crisis
(Reuters) – Laura Perryman expected her medical company, Stimwave Technologies Inc, would have to wait several years for its painkilling device to win U.S. approval as a treatment for chronic…
Slump persists, China fails to stimulate markets hobbled by pledged shares
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is struggling to restore confidence in its stock markets, which are being weighed down by a massive amount of shares that have been pledged as collateral…
Machines take the blame as U.S. stock market sells off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors searching for perpetrators and victims in this week’s U.S. stock market selloff pointed to a familiar source: number-crunching fund managers and machines. Traders work on…
Danske shares slide as U.S. criminal inquiry spooks investors
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) deepening money laundering scandal dragged its shares to a four-year low on Friday as Denmark’s biggest bank sought to calm investors over the impact…
The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the Chinese billionaire Richard Liu at her Minneapolis area apartment, a 21-year-old University of Minnesota student sent a WeChat message to a friend in the…
Special Report: Juul copycats flood e-cig market, despite FDA rule
(Reuters) – The sleek Juul electronic cigarettes have become a phenomenon at U.S. high schools, vexing educators and drawing regulatory scrutiny over their sweet flavors and high nicotine content. Now,…
AstraZeneca plots China robot offensive to counter price cuts
WUXI, China/LONDON (Reuters) – With smart cancer diagnostics, one-stop-shop diabetes kits and AI systems to improve ambulance pick-ups for patients with chest pain, AstraZeneca (AZN.L) aims to move from simply…