- Physician's Weekly

Roche’s Alecensa latest beneficiary of faster China drug approvals

Aug 20, 2018

ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche’s Alecensa lung cancer medicine became the latest beneficiary...

Third African swine fever outbreak hits China’s hog herd

Aug 19, 2018

By Tom Daly and Muyu Xu BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday 88 hogs had died from African swine fever in the eastern city of Lianyungang, the third outbreak this month, as the...

FDA approves Teva’s generic of Mylan’s EpiPen

Aug 18, 2018

By Ankur Banerjee and Aakash B (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday...

China sacks six senior officials at food and drug regulator over vaccine scandal

Aug 17, 2018

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it has sacked six senior officials at its food and drug regulator after a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co Ltd revealed failings at the government body...

Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47

Aug 17, 2018

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has...

Many people take drugs that interfere with their blood pressure pills

Aug 17, 2018

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who take pills to lower their blood pressure often take other drugs that reduce the pills’ effectiveness, a recent study suggests. Researchers studied data on 521,028 adults...

Art tours tied to easing of chronic pain

Aug 17, 2018

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Art museums may have an analgesic effect on chronic pain, a small study suggests. Chronic pain sufferers who took guided tours of art museums felt less discomfort and unpleasantness...

Japan’s Eisai sets price tag of about $17,000 on liver cancer drug (Aug. 16)

Aug 17, 2018

(This version of the August 16th story corrects to change drug price in headline, first bullet, paragraphs 1 and 3 after company corrects it to $16,970 from $15,970) By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Japan’s Eisai Co Ltd...

Dementia patients may benefit from music therapy

Aug 17, 2018

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Music therapy may improve depression and anxiety in dementia patients, a new analysis suggests. Music therapy might also improve emotional well-being among those with dementia,...

Transgender veterans don’t have worse health

Aug 17, 2018

By Rachel Gurevich (Reuters Health) – Transgender military veterans do not have worse health than cisgender veterans, a recent U.S. study suggests. Transgender people have long served in the U.S. military but were banned...

Staying fit might cut glaucoma risk

Aug 17, 2018

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Meeting physical activity guidelines and being physically fit may reduce the risk of developing glaucoma by 40 percent to 50 percent, recent research suggests. Among nearly 10,000 people...

Scotland’s Ayrshire to give free tampons to tackle period poverty

Aug 17, 2018

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland’s North Ayrshire Council has become the first local...

FDA approves Bristol-Myers’ Opdivo for small cell lung cancer

Aug 17, 2018

(Reuters) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

World’s top pork firm shuts China slaughterhouse in race to contain deadly swine fever

Aug 17, 2018

By Josephine Mason BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ordered the world’s top pork...

China think tank slammed for ‘procreation fund’ idea

Aug 17, 2018

By Yawen Chen and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – A proposal by two Chinese researchers to...

Russia reports severe bird flu outbreak: OIE

Aug 17, 2018

PARIS (Reuters) – Russia has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu virus on a farm in the Kostromskaya region in the west of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said, citing a...