Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease
By Leroy Leo (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based on the breakthrough CRISPR ...
Dec 08, 2023
India drugs regulator orders quality checks on cough syrup ingredient
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's drugs regulator has ordered that the source and quality of an ingredient used to make cough syrups be checked and verified as a "top priority", in the wak...
Dec 08, 2023
Poland reports bird flu outbreaks on farms near German border
PARIS (Reuters) - Poland has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on two poultry farms near the German border in the northwestern part of the count...
Dec 08, 2023
Factbox-Novo, Lilly rivals explore booming weight-loss drug market entry
(Reuters) - Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have pulled ahead in the race for a slice of the weight-loss drugs market, expected to be worth $100 billion by the end of the decade, and rivals are looking to ...
Dec 08, 2023
Fresenius plans to sell rehabilitation care clinics – FAZ
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Fresenius has hired UBS to manage the sale of its rehabilitation care clinic business as the German healthcare group focuses on core activities, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung re...
Dec 08, 2023
Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew – UN
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVI...
Dec 08, 2023
WHO ‘very worried’ about spread of mpox in DRC
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is "very worried" about the spread of a severe form of mpox that has killed nearly 600 people, mainly children, in the Democratic Rep...
Dec 08, 2023
Merck-Eisai’s uterine cancer therapy combo fails first-line treatment trial
(Reuters) -Merck said a combination therapy being developed with partner Eisai failed a late-stage trial testing it as a first-line treatment for a type of cancer in the uterus lining, the two compani...
Dec 08, 2023
India’s Max Healthcare to buy Sahara Hospital in $113 million deal
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Max Healthcare Institute said on Friday it will buy the 550-bed Sahara Hospital in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh for an enterprise value of 9.40 billion rupees ($112.76 million)...
Dec 08, 2023
New $1 billion plan for African vaccine manufacturing -GAVI Alliance
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Up to $1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global health organisati...
Dec 07, 2023
