U.S. CDC reports 1,891,690 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 1,891,690 cases of the new coronavirus,…
Fujifilm says COVID-19 drug research may drag on into July
FILE PHOTO: Tablets of Avigan (generic name : Favipiravir), a drug approved as an anti-influenza drug in Japan and developed…
AstraZeneca scores twin drug approvals alongside vaccine progress
(Reuters) – Britain’s AstraZeneca has clinched expanded regulatory backing for two medications, including one for blockbuster cancer treatment Lynparza, in…
Roche gets FDA emergency use approval for COVID-19 antibody test
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd…
U.S. FDA approves first rapid coronavirus test with 45 minutes detection time
FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally…
Swiss coronavirus cases surge, canton orders seniors to stay home
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland on Saturday reported 6,100 coronavirus infections, 25% more than a day earlier, and 56 deaths, the…
Bayer faces fourth U.S. Roundup cancer trial in Monsanto’s hometown
(Reuters) – Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) is set to face a fourth U.S. jury trial over allegations that its Roundup weed…
Trump administration restricts some e-cigarette flavors
(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ban on some popular e-cigarette flavors, including fruit and mint, to…
Drug developers take fresh aim at ‘guided-missile’ cancer drugs
FRANKFURT/ZURICH (Reuters) – Dozens of drugmakers are conducting human trials for a record 89 therapies that pair antibodies with toxic…
Biogen scraps development of therapy for rare brain disease
(Reuters) – Biogen Inc said on Friday it would discontinue the development of its experimental therapy for a rare brain…
U.S. FDA approves Tandem’s predictive insulin pump software
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted approval for Tandem Diabetes Care’s software program that…
Sarepta shares surge after surprise approval of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug
(Reuters) – Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT.O) soared 36% on Friday after U.S. regulators shocked Wall Street by approving…
U.S. FDA gives early approval to Sarepta’s newest DMD treatment
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland November 4,…
Half of lymphoma patients alive three years after Gilead cell therapy treatment: study
(Reuters) – Nearly half of lymphoma patients treated with Gilead Sciences Inc’s Yescarta were alive at least three years after…
Johnson & Johnson confirms no asbestos in Johnson’s Baby Powder
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby powder line a drugstore shelf in New York October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas…
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi gets speedy FDA review for small cell lung cancer
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New…
Adamis shares slump as FDA declines to approve opioid overdose treatment
(Reuters) – Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp (ADMP.O) said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its opioid…
FDA approves Global Blood Therapeutics sickle cell disease drug
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it approved a drug from Global Blood Therapeutics Inc…
FDA approves Aquestive’s ALS treatment
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved bit.ly/2pIFzi5 Aquestive Therapeutics’ treatment for neurological disorder amyotrophic lateral…
Roche sets sights on Novartis, Biogen as SMA trial hits target
FILE PHOTO: Roche tablets are seen positioned in front of a displayed Roche logo in this photo illustration January 22,…
Merck wins European approval for first-ever Ebola vaccine
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey,…
Novartis arthritis drug fails to prove it is significantly better than rival
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland…
J&J says new tests find no asbestos in same baby powder bottle that sparked recall
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said on Tuesday that 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of…
J&J says new tests find no asbestos in same baby powder bottle that sparked recall
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said on Tuesday that 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of…
Johnson & Johnson CEO testified Baby Powder was safe 13 days before FDA bombshell
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facing off against a plaintiff’s lawyer for the first time about Johnson & Johnson’s Baby…
Two charities to pay $6 million to resolve U.S. pharma kickback probe
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two charities will pay $6 million to resolve claims they operated as pass-throughs for seven pharmaceutical companies…
South Korea warns of ‘serious risk’ from vaping, considers sales ban
(Corrects to clarify that Juul’s statement in paragraph 12, bullet, said its products do not contain THC and vitamin E…
South Korea urges public to stop using liquid e-cigarettes
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vape device in this illustration picture, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Illustration/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters)…
Drug companies reach $260 million opioid settlement with Ohio counties, averting landmark trial
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Four large drug companies reached a last-minute $260 million legal settlement over their role in the U.S.…
FDA approves Alexion’s Ultomiris for another rare blood disease
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s treatment for a second rare blood…
CVS drug coverage plan based on outside pricing review is off to a slow start
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) health plan that uses an outside drug pricing group to help…
FDA green lights AstraZeneca’s asthma drug Fasenra for self-administration
FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, England, May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble (Reuters) –…
Bristol-Myers immunotherapy combo outperforms chemo in lung cancer survival: study
(Reuters) – About 40% of patients who received a combination of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s immuno-oncology drugs Opdivo and Yervoy as…
Targeted Amgen drug has low response rate in colon cancer in study
(Reuters) – An experimental Amgen Inc drug that targets a specific genetic mutation shrank tumors in just one of 12…
Results of GSK and AstraZeneca trials may widen ovarian cancer drug use
BARCELONA (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca both reported trial results that will likely make their competing drugs available to a…
CVS suspends sales of Zantac brand and generic heartburn drug during safety review
People walk by a CVS Pharmacy store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30,…
U.S. senators urge FDA to remove pod, cartridge-based e-cigarettes from market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Friday urged federal regulators to immediately remove all pod and…
Trump says he likes a Republican drug bill after Democratic alternative unveiled
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Washington for travel to New Mexico from…
U.S. Speaker Pelosi unveils drug price plan, Trump welcomes it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, proposed legislation on Thursday to let the federal government negotiate…
Biotech is going to the dogs – and big profits await
(Reuters) – For Jessica Lescault there is no question that her 6-year old English bulldog “Moose” deserves cutting-edge biotechnology cancer…
Biotech is going to the dogs – and big profits await
(Reuters) – For Jessica Lescault there is no question that her 6-year old English bulldog “Moose” deserves cutting-edge biotechnology cancer…
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi unveils proposal to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, proposed legislation on Thursday to allow the federal government to…
U.S. cases of vaping-related illness rise to 530 as outbreak widens
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials said on Thursday there are now 530 confirmed and probable cases and seven deaths…
Factbox: What does vaping-related illness look like?
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials are investigating reports of 380 confirmed and probable cases of serious lung illnesses and…
U.S. cuts vaping-related illness total under refined case definition
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vape as he walks on Broadway in New York City, U.S., September 9, 2019.…
Novartis wins FDA’s breakthrough tag for lung cancer hopeful
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland…
Inside drugmakers’ strategy to boost cancer medicines with ‘Lazarus effect’
(Reuters) – In the halls of MD Anderson Cancer Center, the drug Vitrakvi is known for having a “Lazarus effect”…
FDA approves Boehringer’s lung disease drug
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev capsules for a rare…
Los Angeles County resident dies of lung illness, fifth U.S. death possibly tied to vaping
(Reuters) – A Los Angeles County resident has died from a lung illness possibly tied to vaping, bringing the total…
U.S. FDA approves Mylan generic of Lilly lung cancer drug Alimta
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted Mylan NV tentative approval for its generic version of…
Democrats’ Medicare for All must consider union-won plans: AFL-CIO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic White House hopefuls should ensure their Medicare for All proposals honor union-negotiated private insurance, AFL-CIO President…
Oklahoma hospital used dirty gastroscopes on almost 1,000 patients; no infections reported
(Reuters) – An unnamed hospital in Oklahoma used contaminated gastroscopes in procedures performed on nearly a thousand patients in recent…
Democrats’ Medicare for All plans must consider union-negotiated health plans: AFL-CIO chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic White House hopefuls should ensure their Medicare for All proposals honor union-negotiated private insurance, AFL-CIO President…
FTC probes marketing practices of e-cigarette maker Juul: WSJ
(Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the marketing practices of e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc, the Wall Street…
FDA pegs Edwards Lifesciences Sapien delivery system recall as severest
(Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator on Thursday categorized the recall of Edwards Lifesciences Corp’s Sapien 3 Ultra delivery system…
GSK builds oncology pipeline as drug shown to help myeloma patients
(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline said an experimental multiple myeloma treatment has shown a meaningful response in patients that have run out…
CDC flags one death and nearly 200 cases of lung illnesses in U.S, possibly tied to vaping
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it had identified 193 potential cases of…
FDA declines to approve Sarepta’s second Duchenne treatment
(Reuters) – Sarepta Therapeutics Inc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its newest treatment…