Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
US FDA clears Becton’s less-invasive blood collection device
(Reuters) -Becton Dickinson said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared its finger-prick blood collection device that could provide a less-invasive option for some commonly or...
Dec 07, 2023
Merck’s lung cancer drug combo fails to meet trial goal
(Reuters) - Merck said on Thursday its experimental therapy in combination with Keytruda to treat a type of lung cancer in previously treated patients did not reach statistical significance in a mid-s...
Dec 07, 2023
Dai-Ichi Life to launch higher bid for Benefit One to take deal away from M3
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan life insurer Dai-Ichi Life Holdings said on Thursday it plans to launch a higher tender offer for healthcare platform Benefit One in a competing bid against M3 Inc. The fight o...
Dec 07, 2023
Bird flu found on another German poultry farm – authorities
HAMBURG (Reuters) - About 6,700 ducks and geese are to be slaughtered after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in east Germany, authorities said on Thursday. The disease was ...
Dec 07, 2023
Soaring pollution in Pakistan’s Lahore fills wards with sick children
By Charlotte Greenfield and Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE (Reuters) - In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up for treatment this week, par...
Dec 07, 2023
Cerevel options trading surge before AbbVie deal news raises eyebrows
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trading in the options of Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc experienced an unusual surge along with its stock price in the days before Wednesday's announcemen...
Dec 06, 2023
Sanofi to focus on 12 blockbuster drug candidates, immunology pipeline
(Reuters) - Sanofi said on Thursday it will focus on 12 potential blockbuster drug candidates and prioritise development in immunology, as it faces investor pressure after abandoning 2025 margin targe...
Dec 06, 2023
US must do more on mental health of aviation professionals -regulator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must do more to prioritize the mental health of pilots, air traffic controllers and other aviation professionals, a top safety official sai...
Dec 06, 2023
AbbVie to buy drug developer Cerevel for $8.7 billion
(Reuters) - AbbVie said on Wednesday it would buy Cerevel Therapeutics, a developer of drugs for neurological conditions, for about $8.7 billion in a bid to replace revenue as its huge-selling arthrit...
Dec 06, 2023
Exclusive-AbbVie nears roughly $8 billion deal for drug developer Cerevel-sources
By David Carnevali NEW YORK (Reuters) - AbbVie Inc is nearing an approximately $8 billion deal to acquire Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc, a developer of drugs for neurological conditions such as Pa...
Dec 06, 2023
