Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Italian may regain use of hand after nerve transfer from amputated leg
By Alex Fraser TURIN (Reuters) - A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors ...
Dec 27, 2023
Cytokinetics’ heart disease drug meets main goal in study
(Reuters) -Drug developer Cytokinetics said on Wednesday its experimental drug aficamten, to treat a type of chronic heart disease, had met the main goal of a keenly awaited late-stage study. The San ...
Dec 27, 2023
US FDA places clinical hold on Iovance’s lung cancer treatment trial
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on Iovance Biotherapeutics' lung cancer therapy trial after a patient death, the company said on Wednesday. Shares of the co...
Dec 27, 2023
Abortion battles shift to medical emergencies, travel
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The legal landscape surrounding abortion has been roiled by uncertainty since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which had...
Dec 27, 2023
Bristol Myers to buy RayzeBio for about $4.1 billion
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Tuesday it will acquire radiopharmaceutical firm RayzeBio for about $4.1 billion. Bristol said it will pay $62.50 for each share of RayzeBio in cash, represent...
Dec 26, 2023
AstraZeneca to buy China-based Gracell Biotechnologies in $1.2 billion deal
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy China-based Gracell Biotechnologies to support its cell therapy ambitions, in a deal valued at approximately $1.2 billion. (This story has ...
Dec 26, 2023
Alabama woman with double uterus gives birth to rare twin girls
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - An Alabama woman with a rare congenital anomaly that results in her having two uteri gave birth to healthy twin girls earlier this week. Kelsey Hatcher and husband Caleb w...
Dec 23, 2023
Bayer wins latest Roundup cancer trial, ending losing streak
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Bayer has won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its Roundup weedkiller, ending what had been a five-trial lo...
Dec 23, 2023
US FDA declines to approve Zealand Pharma’s drug for low blood sugar in Infants
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve Zealand Pharma's drug for the prevention and treatment of low blood sugar in children with a genetic disorder, the drugmaker ...
Dec 23, 2023
India firm denies tampering with tests in probe of cough syrup deaths
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals, whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, on Saturday denied it had tampered with test samples or...
Dec 23, 2023
