Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
How well-off Brits still buy Ozempic online for weight loss
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) - John, a tech executive who has been battling weight gain since his 30s, has a nine-month supply in his refrigerator. Kim Gradwell, a retired receptionist who develope...
Nov 18, 2023
US FDA approves Medtronic’s blood pressure treatment device for use
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the use of Medtronic's treatment device in a surgery called renal denervation in patients whose high blood pressure cannot be contr...
Nov 17, 2023
Bayer recalls one lot of cancer drug Vitrakvi due to contamination
(Reuters) -Bayer said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling one lot of its cancer drug Vitrakvi in the U.S. due to the presence of microbial contamination. The recalled lot was distributed to wholesa...
Nov 17, 2023
US FDA panel votes against Merck’s chronic cough drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator's advisers said on Friday that data on Merck's chronic cough drug gefapixant does not provide sufficient evidence to prove its clinical benefit for patients. The ...
Nov 17, 2023
Josh Harris backed-gym chain OneLife Fitness explores sale -sources
By Abigail Summerville (Reuters) - OneLife Fitness, a U.S. operator of health and fitness clubs that is partly owned by private equity investor Josh Harris, is exploring a sale that could value it at ...
Nov 17, 2023
FDA identifies recall of B. Braun Medical pump system as most serious
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it had identified the recall of B. Braun Medical Inc's medicine-delivering pump system as most serious. The Pennsylvania-based co...
Nov 17, 2023
Cambodia reports bird flu outbreak near Vietnamese border
PARIS (Reuters) - Cambodia reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among backyard poultry near the Vietnamese border in what would be the first outbreak in the country in nearly three ...
Nov 17, 2023
Boom in weight-loss drugs to drive up US employers’ medical costs in 2024 – Mercer
By Leroy Leo and Khushi Mandowara (Reuters) - Booming demand for newer weight-loss and diabetes drugs is expected to accelerate the rise in medical expenses for employers in the United States next yea...
Nov 17, 2023
FMC shares up after broker hints dialysis market disruption by GLP-1s unlikely
FRANKFURT - Shares in German kidney dialysis company Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) rose on Friday after Societe Generale said that disruption of the dialysis market by the obesity and diabetes drugs cl...
Nov 17, 2023
Exclusive-Manufacturer Lonza says it will not fill obesity drug syringes
By Ludwig Burger and Paul Arnold BASEL (Reuters) - Lonza's chairman has ruled out plans to use its capacity to fill syringes and provide final production steps for new obesity drugs even as rivals scr...
Nov 17, 2023
