U.S. jury orders DaVita to pay $383.5 million in wrongful death lawsuits
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal jury in Colorado has awarded $383.5 million to the...
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AI ambulances and robot doctors: China seeks digital salve to ease hospital strain
By Adam Jourdan HANGZHOU, China/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – In the eastern Chinese city of...
Read MoreImperial Brands invests in cannabis-based medical research
LONDON (Reuters) – Tobacco company Imperial Brands is investing in Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies, to help the British biotech company research how marijuana can be used in medicine. The maker of Gauloises and Winston...
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Merck appeal over Fosamax suits
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear...
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WTO to rule on landmark tobacco case later on Thursday
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Ultra-plain packaging for tobacco products might become the...
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Feeling poorly? The app will see you now
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – London-based Babylon Health says its artificial...
Read MoreDepression may be more severe in elderly people
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Elderly people with major depressive disorder may be more likely to suffer severe and persistent symptoms than younger adults with the same mental health diagnosis, a Dutch study...
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Array BioPharma gets FDA nod for melanoma combo treatment
By Anuron Kumar Mitra and Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Read MorePaternal smoking linked to miscarriage risk
By Jocelyn Wiener (Reuters Health) – Would-be fathers may increase their partner’s risk of miscarriage by smoking during the pregnancy, or even during the time leading up to conception, a large study from China...
Read MoreSummit plunges 80 percent after muscle-wasting disorder drug fails
(Reuters) – Britain’s Summit Therapeutics Plc said on Wednesday that it would stop developing its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug after it failed a mid-stage study, wiping out nearly 80 percent of its market...
Read MoreHeat-stable drug could save thousands from post-childbirth bleeding: WHO
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A new formulation of a drug to prevent excessive bleeding in women after they give birth could save thousands of lives in poorer countries, according to a study co-led by the World Health...
Read MoreWork stress may be deadly for men with heart disease and diabetes
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Men with heart disease, diabetes or a history of stroke are more likely to die prematurely when they have a stressful job even when they’re relatively healthy, a large European...
Read MoreMistrust may partly explain racial differences in statin use
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Black people in the U.S. are less likely than whites to take statins recommended to lower their cholesterol, and mistrust of the drugs and of doctors may partly explain the disparity, a...
Read MoreGBT’s drug meets trial goal, investors skeptical of speedy approval
By Manas Mishra and Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – Global Blood Therapeutics Inc’s sickle cell disease treatment met the main goal of a late-stage trial, but scepticism over whether the drug would get an accelerated...
Read MoreAquinox to stop development of lead drug; shares plunge
(Reuters) – Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it planned to stop developing its main drug to treat bladder pain syndrome as it failed to meet the main goal of a late-stage trial, pushing its shares down as much...
Read MoreZambia aims to eradicate malaria by 2021: health minister
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia aims to eradicate malaria, the country’s biggest killer, within three years after deaths from the disease halved last year from 2014, the health minister said on Wednesday. Health Minister...
Read MoreTokyo passes tough anti-smoking law ahead of 2020 Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo, Japan’s capital and host of the 2020 Summer Olympics, passed a tough anti-smoking law on Wednesday that will effectively ban smoking in most of the city’s bars and restaurants in the...
Read MoreBASF shuts ibuprofen production at U.S. plant due to technical problem
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German chemicals group BASF has shut down production of ibuprofen at its plant in Bishop, Texas because of a technical problem, a spokesman for BASF said on Wednesday. The spokesman said it could take...
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AstraZeneca, Merck eye $1 billion boost from cancer drug success
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s <AZN.L> oncology business...
Read MoreChina reports highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at chicken farm: OIE
BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) – China reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a farm in its northwest Qinghai province, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday, citing a...
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