Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
AbbVie’s $8.7 billion bet on Cerevel is risky but smart, analysts say
By Bhanvi Satija and Khushi Mandowara (Reuters) - AbbVie's decision to buy Cerevel Therapeutics before key data on the drug developer's experimental schizophrenia treatment may have helped it avoid a ...
Dec 07, 2023
US CDC issues health alert for subtype of mpox virus in Congo
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Thursday to notify clinicians and health departments about a deadly type of the mpox virus spreading in t...
Dec 07, 2023
WHO says more contaminated medicinal syrups found in new regions
By Jennifer Rigby and Shubhendu Deshmukh (Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Thursday said several contaminated syrups and suspension medicines had been identified in countries in the WHO regi...
Dec 07, 2023
Texas judge allows woman to get emergency abortion despite state ban
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Thursday ruled that a woman with a complicated, likely non-viable pregnancy can get an abortion, in what her lawyers said was the first such case since ...
Dec 07, 2023
Edwards Lifesciences to spin off critical care unit to focus on heart devices
(Reuters) - Edwards Lifesciences said on Thursday it would spin off its critical care unit at the end of 2024 to concentrate on its larger heart devices business. Transcatheter aortic valve replacemen...
Dec 07, 2023
US urges RSV vaccine makers to meet winter demand, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials met again with RSV vaccine manufacturers this week amid ongoing efforts to boost access to the shots, the White House said in a statement on Thursday after senior...
Dec 07, 2023
Abbvie to focus on smaller deals after Cerevel and ImmunoGen buyout
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Abbvie said on Thursday it does not expect any transactions similar to its $8.7 billion buyout of Cerevel Therapeutics in the foreseeable future and would instead focus on s...
Dec 07, 2023
US sets policy to seize government-funded drug patents if price deemed too high
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - The Biden Administration on Thursday announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believ...
Dec 07, 2023
HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing data
KAMPALA (Reuters) - A trial of an experimental HIV vaccine in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa has been stopped early after preliminary data suggested it would not be effective in preventing infectio...
Dec 07, 2023
Sanofi to boost drug development spend by 700 million euros in 2024
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Sanofi said it would spend close to 700 million euros ($754 million) more on drugs development next year, specifying for the first time an increase in costs that roiled investors...
Dec 07, 2023
