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Canada Senate approves recreational use of marijuana

Jun 20, 2018

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday approved a revised...

Latecomer Sanofi looks to catch next wave of cancer therapies

Jun 20, 2018

By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi missed the boat on immune system-boosting...

Unjustified medication shortened 456 lives in a UK hospital, report says

Jun 20, 2018

By Henry Nicholls GOSPORT, England (Reuters) – More than 450 patients died prematurely in a...

Pizza Hut pledges to drop some chicken antibiotics by 2022

Jun 19, 2018

By Alana Wise NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yum Brand Inc’s Pizza Hut chain will fully phase...

Sarepta shares soar as Duchenne gene therapy shows promise

Jun 19, 2018

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Sarepta Therapeutics’ shares jumped 60 percent on Tuesday after promising results from a gene therapy study positioned the specialty drugmaker as a potential leader in the market for...

Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalizing cannabis

Jun 19, 2018

By Kate Holton and Ben Sladden LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it had no...

Roche pays $2.4 billion for rest of cancer expert Foundation Medicine

Jun 19, 2018

By Michael Shields and Ben Hirschler ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche...

After law change, Greek medicinal users hope to enter cannabis business

Jun 18, 2018

By Idyli Tsakiri XYLOKASTRO, Greece (Reuters) – Konstantinos Syros turned to cannabis 26...

FDA declines to approve Valeant’s plaque psoriasis lotion

Jun 18, 2018

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc’s plaque...

Gaming addiction classified as mental health disorder by WHO

Jun 18, 2018

By Kate Kelland LONDON – Many parents already have concerns, but some may now have a new...

Britain’s May pledges 20 billion extra pounds for healthcare post-Brexit

Jun 17, 2018

By William James and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May...

Theranos founder Holmes, former president indicted for fraud

Jun 16, 2018

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Theranos Inc founder Elizabeth Holmes and the embattled...

UK authorities release confiscated cannabis after boy hospitalized

Jun 16, 2018

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister used an exceptional...

Research on dogs might shed light on human responses to food: study

Jun 15, 2018

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Researchers in Hungary who found that normal and overweight dogs...

Kentucky sues Walgreens, cites ‘alarming’ rate of dispensing opioids

Jun 14, 2018

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Kentucky’s attorney general on Thursday sued Walgreens...

GSK’s two-drug HIV treatment meets main goal in late stage studies

Jun 14, 2018

(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline’s two-drug treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,...

Inducing labor after 41-week pregnancy can save babies’ lives

Jun 13, 2018

(This June 7 story corrects, in paragraph 6, list of countries with one trial each to include Turkey, not Sweden) By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who have not delivered by around 41 weeks are less likely...