Jazz Pharmaceuticals to settle U.S. probe for $57 million
BOSTON (Reuters) – Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay $57 million to resolve a U.S. probe into its financial support of charities that offer assistance…
FDA says Mylan’s EpiPen is in shortage
(Reuters) – U.S. regulators said on Wednesday that Mylan NV’s (MYL.O) EpiPen products are in shortage, due to manufacturing delays that are creating intermittent supply constraints of the emergency allergy…
FDA says manufacturing delays are constraining EpiPen supply
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration added Mylan NV’s (MYL.O) EpiPen to its list of drugs in shortage on Wednesday, saying that manufacturing delays were creating…
Victims of Japan’s forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence
TOKYO (Reuters) – One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine,…
U.N. food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but lacks funds
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into boosting food distributions to hungry women and children, in the…
U.S. drug agency suspends Louisiana distributor over opioid sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on Friday it had suspended a Louisiana pharmaceutical distributor from selling controlled substances for allegedly selling unusually large quantities of opioids…
Iowa governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban into law
(Reuters) – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law on Friday a bill outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which often occurs at six weeks and before a…
Four found guilty in insider trading case linked to U.S. health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an…
FDA chief questions protections on drug rebates, stocks fall
(Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Thursday questioned whether rebates that drugmakers provide to health insurers should remain protected by federal law, sparking new concerns…
Eat less saturated, trans fats to curb heart disease: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Adults and children should consume a maximum of 10 percent of their daily calories in the form of saturated fat such as meat and butter and one…