By Manas Mishra and Ashwin Shyam (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve Pain Therapeutics Inc’s abuse-deterrent opioid treatment Remoxy for the fourth time, sending the company’s...
Read MoreBy Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc’s new antibiotic for bacterial pneumonia and skin infections is not inferior to current treatments, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers said on...
Read More(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday it will invest $100 million in cancer drug developer bluebird bio Inc, and the companies will jointly develop new cell therapies for cancer. The investment will be...
Read MorePARIS (Reuters) – Malaysia has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus on a farm in the eastern region of Sabah, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from...
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By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Prospects faded over the weekend for a bill that...
Read MoreTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has suspended imports of heat-treated Chinese pork after the first outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was reported in China on Friday, an official at Japan’s ministry of agriculture,...
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to increase the number of organ donors by changing the...
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Vaccinations against a new outbreak of Ebola...
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DAKAR (Reuters) – An outbreak of the Ebola virus declared this week in eastern Democratic...
Read MoreSHANGHAI (Reuters) – China plans to add a range of cancer drugs to medicines eligible for reimbursement from the government, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, adding that negotiations on pricing with...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A new U.S. ban on smoking in public housing may make it easier for low-income smokers to quit, a new study suggests. This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
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(In this July 24th story, corrects paragraphs 3 and 16 to clarify that Eisai executive said the...
Read MoreBy Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Many women with polycystic ovary syndrome feel they’ve been let down by a health care system that takes years to diagnose their condition, a new survey suggests. Researchers found...
Read MoreBy Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemen may be on the brink of a new cholera epidemic, with a heightened death rate due to widespread malnutrition, and the United Nations is hoping for a ceasefire in the north to allow for...
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By Tom Miles and Fiston Mahamba GENEVA/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – In any given year, roughly one in four girls in U.S. high schools and one in 10 boys try to harm themselves even when they are not attempting suicide, a recent study suggests. So-called...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters) – Colon cancer patients who drink one or more servings of artificially-sweetened beverages a day have roughly half the risk of their cancer recurring compared to those who drink few or none of...
Read MorePARIS (Reuters) – Vietnam has reported three outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu among backyard birds, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday, citing a report from the Vietnamese...
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By Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo will start using an Ebola...
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo will start using Ebola vaccine as early as...
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