Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Icahn aims to remove Illumina’s legacy directors – letter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Monday that he plans to oust directors at Illumina, signalling plans to mount a second board challenge at the gene-sequencing co...
Dec 18, 2023
Structure’s diabetes pill misses weight-loss expectations in mid-stage trial
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Structure Therapeutics' diabetes pill missed market expectations for weight loss in a mid-stage trial and fell short of results from a similar treatment from rival Eli Lill...
Dec 18, 2023
BioNTech aims to start mRNA vaccine output in Rwanda in 2025
NAIROBI (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech aims to start production at its mRNA vaccine factory site in Rwanda in 2025, company officials said on Monday, the first foreign company mRNA vaccin...
Dec 18, 2023
US FDA declines to approve Checkpoint Therapeutics’ skin cancer therapy
(Reuters) - Checkpoint Therapeutics said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its experimental therapy to treat a type of advanced skin cancer, citing issues related to ...
Dec 18, 2023
GSK’s cancer drug combination meets primary goal in late-stage trial
(Reuters) - GSK said on Monday its cancer drug Jemperli along with chemotherapy and followed by maintenance therapy Zejula met the primary goal of progression-free survival in patients with advanced o...
Dec 18, 2023
Novo owner commits $265 million of Wegovy windfall to respiratory diseases
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Novo Nordisk Foundation, which controls drug maker Novo Nordisk, said on Monday it would commit up to 1.8 billion Danish crowns ($265 million) to ...
Dec 18, 2023
Exclusive-IndiaMART is working with Novo Nordisk to halt illegal Wegovy sales -source
By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - Indian online marketplace IndiaMART has been removing unauthorized listings of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy after holding talks with...
Dec 17, 2023
Illumina to divest cancer test maker Grail
(Reuters) - Illumina said on Sunday that it would divest cancer diagnostic test maker Grail. (Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru, editing by Deepa Babington)
Dec 17, 2023
Vaping grows fastest among UK groceries in 2023
LONDON (Reuters) - Vaping products were the fastest growing category in UK grocery for the second year running in 2023, while sales of cigarettes, cigars and loose tobacco fell sharply, industry data ...
Dec 15, 2023
US court strikes down FTC order against Illumina’s purchase of Grail
By Diane Bartz and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's order against Illumina's purchase of cancer diagnostic test maker Grail, a ...
Dec 15, 2023
