Britain’s sugar tax on soft drinks comes into effect
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s sugar tax on soft drinks came into effect on Friday, a move that will lead to some higher prices as the country seeks to battle childhood…
Kaleo expanding access in U.S. to drug to reverse opioid overdose
(Reuters) – Kaleo Inc, which came under fire last year for the high price of its device to treat opioid overdoses, on Thursday said it is expanding nonprescription access to…
Bulgaria reports H5N8 bird flu outbreak in duck farm
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s authorities reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a duck farm in the southeastern region of Yambol, the food safety agency…
Lilly’s Cyramza succeeds in late-stage liver cancer trial
(Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday said its drug Cyramza met the main goal of helping patients live longer in a late-stage trial, which tested it as a…
Pfizer signs deal with Allogene to develop cancer cell therapy
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Allogene Therapeutics, a company formed by a consortium in which the drugmaker will hold a 25 percent stake,…
Heavily used herbicide tied to shorter pregnancies
(Reuters Health) – More than 90 percent of pregnant women in a small Indiana study had glyphosate in their urine, and higher concentrations were associated with earlier deliveries. Glyphosate is…
Come for your drugs, leave with more shopping: Walmart’s new growth strategy?
(Reuters) – Walmart Inc’s (WMT.N) efforts to develop closer ties with health insurer Humana Inc (HUM.N), which came to light on Thursday, point to a brave new world of retail…
Fox’s Ingraham taking vacation as advertisers flee amid controversy
(Reuters) – Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show late Friday that she is taking the week off, after many advertisers dropped her show after the conservative…
Arkansas sues opioid manufacturers for roles in epidemic
(Reuters) – Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday joined the widening mass of litigation against opioid manufacturers, accusing three drugmakers of promoting addictive painkillers in ways that falsely denied or trivialized…
People with sinus infections stay on antibiotics too long
(Reuters Health) – Most people prescribed antibiotics for sinus infections are on treatment courses of 10 days or longer even though infectious disease doctors recommend five to seven days for…