Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
US FDA probes quality issues with China-made plastic syringes
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Thursday it is looking into reports of leaks, breakages and other quality problems with plastic syringes manufactured in China. The agen...
Nov 30, 2023
Turkey launches investigation into 19 pharma companies
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's competition authority said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into 19 pharmaceutical companies to determine whether they had violated competition law. In a statem...
Nov 30, 2023
GSK CEO says RSV vaccine revenue to top 1 billion pounds in first year
LONDON (Reuters) -GSK CEO Emma Walmsley said on Thursday that the British drugmaker's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine was now expected to generate more than 1 billion pounds ($1.26 billion) ...
Nov 30, 2023
Philips investor Exor: company’s problems are “solvable”
By Giulio Piovaccari TURIN/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The CEO of Exor NV, the largest shareholder in Dutch healthcare equipment maker Philips NV, on Thursday said he continues to believe the company's prob...
Nov 30, 2023
World closer than ever to losing fight against malaria as cases rise – expert
By Pratik Jain (Reuters) - The world is closer than ever to losing the fight against malaria, a leading global health figure warned, as a World Health Organization report published on Thursday showed ...
Nov 30, 2023
Indian authorities probe deaths caused by ‘contaminated’ medicinal syrup
By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Authorities in India's western state of Gujarat are investigating the deaths of three people after they allegedly consumed a contaminated medicinal syrup, ...
Nov 30, 2023
AbbVie to buy ImmunoGen for $10.1 billion to boost cancer drug portfolio
(Reuters) - AbbVie said on Thursday it will buy drugmaker ImmunoGen for $10.1 billion, boosting its presence in the market for cancer treatments. The drugmaker will pay $31.26 per ImmunoGen share in c...
Nov 30, 2023
Novo Nordisk finds compounded Wegovy up to 33% impure, sues Florida pharmacies
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk on Thursday said it sued one compounding pharmacy and refiled a lawsuit against another after finding their products claiming to contain the active ingredi...
Nov 30, 2023
UK health insurance rates to soar on surging claims-industry experts
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Health insurance rates in Britain are likely to soar by at least 20% next year due to the surging number and cost of claims, industry advisers say. British employers...
Nov 30, 2023
Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's health ministry on Thursday urged the elderly, very young and those with poor immunity to avoid travel to China due to the recent increase in respiratory illnesses there. T...
Nov 29, 2023
