Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ PTSD drug fails in mid-stage trial
(Reuters) - Jazz Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday its post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) drug failed in a mid-stage study, sending shares down more than 4% in after-market trading. The trial failed...
Dec 21, 2023
Ukrainian lawmakers back legalisation of medical cannabis
(Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers voted to legalise the medical use of cannabis on Thursday after activists and supporters called for the step in order to treat millions of people including soldiers wou...
Dec 21, 2023
Bird flu set to spread in Antarctic causing huge damage, report says
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - Bird flu is likely to spread further in the Antarctic region, causing immense damage to wildlife, according to experts on the highly contagious disease that ...
Dec 21, 2023
US FDA finds Clene’s trial data for ALS drug to be insufficient
(Reuters) - Clene said on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found data from the company's mid-stage study for the treatment of a type of neurodegenerative disease to be insuffi...
Dec 21, 2023
Colombia’s cannabis industry in crisis over regulatory, political hurdles
By Nelson Bocanegra SUBACHOQUE, Colombia (Reuters) - More than 17 acres of land owned by a Colombian-Canadian company near Bogota were once meant to grow 25 varieties of cannabis, but over the past ye...
Dec 21, 2023
India’s big hospital chains think small to expand in booming market
By Aby Jose Koilparambil and Rishika Sadam (Reuters) - India's prominent hospital chains are shifting their focus to smaller centres and facilities as they chase growth in the booming healthcare marke...
Dec 21, 2023
Sanofi to end cancer research programme evaluating tusamitamab ravtansine
PARIS (Reuters) - French healthcare company Sanofi on Thursday said it was ending a programme evaluating tusamitamab ravtansine related to the treatment of types of lung cancer. (Reporting by Sudip Ka...
Dec 21, 2023
US FDA declines to approve Merck’s chronic cough drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Merck's drug for chronic cough, the company said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Christy Santhosh, Khushi Mandowara and Sriparna R...
Dec 20, 2023
US FDA approves Sweden-based Calliditas’ kidney disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Swedish drugmaker Calliditas Therapeutics' drug to treat rare kidney disease IgA Nephropathy, the company said on Wednesday. ...
Dec 20, 2023
US FDA identifies recall of Philips medical imaging devices as most serious
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday classified the recall of Philips' medical imaging devices as most serious as their use could cause serious injuries or death. The D...
Dec 20, 2023
