France bans crop pesticide metam sodium after people fall ill
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s health safety watchdog Anses ordered a ban on products...
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China battles to control African swine fever as it reports 50th case
By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu BEIJING (Reuters) – China confirmed a new case of African swine fever on Monday, in southern Hunan province, marking the 50th outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the world’s...
Read MoreFDA panel recommends Sage’s postpartum depression treatment
By Saumya Joseph (Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended Sage Therapeutics Inc’s experimental treatment for postpartum depression, saying the benefits of the drug...
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FDA approves AcelRx Pharma’s opioid pain drug
By Manas Mishra and Aakash B (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday...
Read MoreTrevena opioid painkiller fails to win FDA approval, shares plunge
(Reuters) – Trevena Inc shares plunged 45 percent on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its opioid injection for managing acute pain, citing inadequate safety data. The widely expected...
Read MoreAlkermes’ depression treatment fails to get FDA panel backing
By Saumya Joseph (Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted against approving Alkermes Plc’s treatment for depression in patients with an inadequate response to standard...
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AbbVie, Roche combo treatment meets main goal of leukemia trial
(This Oct 31 story corrects paragraph one to say targeted therapy, not immunotherapy) (Reuters)...
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Click-on bionic arm could help amputees do the simple things
By Caroline Copley VIENNA (Reuters) – Edmund Rath, a 53-year-old from Austria, wants to do...
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France investigates reports of babies born without arms in rural areas
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – France has launched a nationwide investigation into why...
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Hunt the malaria bug – a new game for sniffer dogs
By Matthew Stock LONDON (Reuters) – In a lab room, two-year-old springer spaniel Freya...
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WHO says air pollution kills 600,000 children every year
GENEVA (Reuters) – Air pollution kills an estimated 600,000 children every year and causing...
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Drugmakers tout new medicines as eye disease battle intensifies
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Roche and Novartis and other...
Read MoreFDA approves TherapeuticsMD’s menopause drug
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TherapeuticsMD’s oral hormone therapy for menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, sleep disturbances and night sweats, the company said on Monday. The...
Read MoreEighth child dies at New Jersey center hit by viral outbreak
(Reuters) – An eighth child has died at a New Jersey rehabilitation center where 23 people have been infected in a deadly viral outbreak, state health officials said on Friday. The outbreak of adenovirus at the Wanaque...
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Abbott, AbbVie settle TriCor marketing case for $25 million
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc will pay a total of $25...
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Trump seeks to base Medicare drug prices on lower overseas rates
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Michael Erman WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald...
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Eisai, Biogen Alzheimer’s data fails to convince skeptics
By Julie Steenhuysen and Ankur Banerjee (Reuters) – Eisai Co Ltd and partner Biogen Inc said...
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U.S. lifts blocks on some fresh, frozen pork imports from Poland
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The United States has lifted restrictions on some imports of fresh and...
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Trump enacts anti-opioid abuse package in rare bipartisan step
By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Medical treatment will be more widely available...
Read MoreFDA approves first new flu drug in almost two decades
(Reuters) – Japan’s Shionogi & Co Ltd and Swiss drugmaker Roche won U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for their flu treatment, the first new flu drug approved by the agency in nearly 20 years....
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