Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Sidney Wolfe, longtime US consumer health watchdog, dead at 86
(Reuters) -Sidney Wolfe, a doctor who for decades campaigned for reform across the U.S. health system, including for more affordable care and stricter oversight of drug safety and medical devices, die...
Jan 01, 2024
Reckitt’s Mead Johnson Nutrition recalls baby formula powder from US, FDA says
(Reuters) -Reckitt Benckiser Group's Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) is voluntarily recalling select batches of Nutramigen Powder from the U.S. market due to a possibility of contamination with Cronobact...
Dec 31, 2023
Indonesia to impose new tax on e-cigarettes from Jan 1
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will impose a new tax on e-cigarettes from Jan. 1, adding to an excise tax to help curb vaping, the finance ministry said on Saturday. Southeast Asia's largest economy ha...
Dec 30, 2023
US judge allows FTC to temporarily block IQVIA acquisition of DeepIntent
By GursimranKaur Mehar and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -A U.S. court on Friday upheld a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order to block IQVIA's acquisition of DeepIntent, a healthcare advertising firm, as it ...
Dec 29, 2023
McKinsey to pay $78 million in US opioid settlement with health plans
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to resolve claims by U.S. health insurers and benefit plans that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction throu...
Dec 29, 2023
MiMedx reports US FDA warning letter for Axiofill, shares drop
(Reuters) - MiMedx Group said on Friday it had received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration related to the classification of its placental-derived tissue product Axiofill, and ...
Dec 29, 2023
Roche to buy part of LumiraDx diagnostics platform for $295 million
(Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday it has agreed to buy LumiraDx's Point of Care diagnostics platform business for about $295 million. Shares of LumiraDx rose about 20%, to 76 cents in a...
Dec 29, 2023
Judge certifies Johnson & Johnson shareholder class action over talc disclosures
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge said Johnson & Johnson shareholders may pursue as a class action their lawsuit accusing the company of fraudulently concealing how its talc pro...
Dec 29, 2023
Exclusive-Drugmakers set to raise U.S. prices on at least 500 drugs in January
By Michael Erman and Patrick Wingrove NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers including Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to raise prices in the United States on more than 500 unique drugs in earl...
Dec 29, 2023
China medical regulator suspends cosmetics imports from Japan’s Hoyu – Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's medical regulator suspended imports from Japanese cosmetic goods company Hoyu Co after conducting a cross-border online inspection of its factory in Japan, Kyodo reported on ...
Dec 28, 2023
