Canada seeks U.S. help to solve EpiPen shortage
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada said on Tuesday it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to access supplies…
FDA approves Ultragenyx’s drug for rare form of rickets
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc’s treatment for a rare and inherited form…
J&J Baby Powder litigation takes new focus with asbestos claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A $117 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and a supplier in favor of a…
U.S. recalls more than 200 million eggs over salmonella fears
(Reuters) – Nearly 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina are being recalled from nine U.S. states after…
Biotech M&A rolls on as Alex ion snaps up Wilson for $855 mln
(Reuters) – Alex ion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy Sweden’s Wilson Therapeutics for 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($855 million), boosting…
Theranos lays off most of its remaining workforce: WSJ
(Reuters) – Embattled blood-testing company Theranos Inc laid off most of its remaining workforce to preserve cash and avert or…
Merck’s Keytruda helps lung cancer patients live longer in trial
(Reuters) – Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) blockbuster drug Keytruda helped previously untreated lung cancer patients live longer in a late-stage…
New Jersey health officials investigating potential E.coli outbreak
(Reuters) – Health officials in New Jersey said they are investigating an E. coli outbreak in four counties that left…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Starbucks coffee in California must have cancer warning, judge says
(Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a…
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…
Starbucks must put cancer warning on California coffee: judge
(Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) and other coffee companies must put a cancer warning label on coffee products sold in…
U.S. teens often ride with impaired drivers
(Reuters Health) – In a U.S. study, about one-third of young people just out of high school admitted to riding…
Biohaven plunges as investors pit migraine data against Allergan’s drug
(Reuters) – Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding said its treatment for acute migraine cleared two late-stage studies, but investors worried about its…
AbbVie’s lung cancer drug data disappoints; shares slump
(Reuters) – AbbVie Inc’s experimental lung cancer drug data was not effective enough to seek a faster approval, in a…
Longtime U.S. AIDS researcher picked to run CDC
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Longtime AIDS researcher Dr. Robert Redfield will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control…
Spices might get teens to like vegetables
(Reuters Health) – A dash of cumin or dill might help convince high school students to load up their plate…
Bolivian women weave devices to patch holes in hearts
(Reuters Health) – A team of Bolivian women are using indigenous Aymara weaving patterns to craft devices that can help…
U.S. states with more support for midwives have better birth outcomes
(Reuters Health) – States with laws that make it easier for midwives to care for pregnant women and deliver babies…
South Africa’s Tiger Brands calls in experts to identify listeria cause
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African food producer Tiger Brands said on Friday it had appointed an expert team to identify…
Two million children in Congo at risk of starvation, U.N. warns
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2 million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are estimated to be at risk…
Rhode Island doctor in Insys opioid kickback probe faces sentencing
(Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor is to be sentenced on Friday after admitting that he took kickbacks from Insys…
Egypt struggles to end female genital mutilation
AWLAD SERAG, Egypt (Reuters) – In a tiny village in Egypt’s southern province of Assiut, 16-year-old Amany Shamekh, who wants…
U.S. judge says opioid settlement roadblocks may prompt trials
(Reuters) – A federal judge pushing for a settlement in lawsuits by state and local governments against drug companies over…
FDA panel backs Pfizer’s Xeljanz as bowel disease treatment
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc’s Xeljanz should be approved to treat patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, a chronic bowel…
U.S. says Idaho cannot sell health plans not compliant with Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government agency on Thursday said Idaho could not allow health insurers to sell plans that…