Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world’s first Roundup cancer trial
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) – A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit...
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Amicus Therapeutics receives U.S. approval for Fabry disease drug
By Robin Respaut (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Amicus Therapeutics’ Galafold, the first oral therapy to treat Fabry disease, a rare, sometimes fatal condition in which accumulation of fat...
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Brazil slams Venezuela as measles spreads across border
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil complained on Thursday that Venezuela was...
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U.S. appeals court orders EPA to ban pesticide said to harm children
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the U.S....
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Pot for pets: U.S. federal law puts vets into a quandary
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) – A wave of medical research is providing fresh evidence that...
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Congo starts vaccinating health workers against Ebola
By Fiston Mahamba MANGINA, Congo (Reuters) – Congolese officials and the World Health...
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American Medical Association opposes merger of CVS and Aetna
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The American Medical Association, which represents U.S. physicians,...
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Insys to pay $150 million to settle U.S. opioid kickback probe
By Nate Raymond and Andy Thibault (Reuters) – Insys Therapeutics said on Wednesday it had...
Read MoreChina to launch emergency inspections on farms after swine fever outbreak
(In August 6 story corrects headline to say swine fever not swine flu) BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Liaoning province will increase inspections at pig farms and markets and strengthen the monitoring of hog...
Read MoreChina must eradicate swine fever epidemic as soon as possible: agriculture ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) – China must eradicate the African swine fever epidemic as soon as possible, and make sure the country is free of the disease, the country’s agriculture ministry said at an emergency meeting on the...
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China police probe vaccine maker after scandal sparks fury
(This July 23 story has been corrected to clarify that Changsheng falsified production documents...
Read MoreFDA declines to approve Pain Therapeutics’ opioid drug, shares plunge
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 MoreParatek antibiotic not inferior to current treatments: FDA staff
By 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...
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Britain plans for opt-out organ donation scheme to save lives
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to increase the number of organ donors by changing the...
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Ebola vaccinations in eastern Congo due to begin on Wednesday
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Vaccinations against a new outbreak of Ebola...
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Eastern Congo Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33: health ministry
DAKAR (Reuters) – An outbreak of the Ebola virus declared this week in eastern Democratic...
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Eisai/Biogen to advance Alzheimer’s drug, provide fresh hope
(In this July 24th story, corrects paragraphs 3 and 16 to clarify that Eisai executive said the...
Read MoreWHO warns of new Yemen cholera surge, asks for ceasefire to vaccinate
By 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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Congo Ebola outbreak poses high regional risk, says WHO
By Tom Miles and Fiston Mahamba GENEVA/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An...
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Congo to use Ebola vaccine as early as next week: health minister
By Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo will start using an Ebola...
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