Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Viatris core profit beats on generic drugs strength
(Reuters) - Viatris beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter core profit on Tuesday, helped by strength in its generic drug portfolio, sending its shares up about 2% in extended trading. Viatris w...
Nov 07, 2023
Republican US senator continues abortion-related holds on military nominees
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville said on Tuesday he would continue his blockade of hundreds of military promotions over the Defense Department's abo...
Nov 07, 2023
Accord resumes production of cancer drug methotrexate amid supply shortage
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported on Tuesday Accord Healthcare has resumed manufacturing of methotrexate, one of the most commonly used cancer drugs, amid ongoing shorta...
Nov 07, 2023
Gilead quarterly results beat Street estimates as profit up on lower taxes
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Drugmaker Gilead Sciences on Tuesday said third-quarter sales were little changed from a year earlier, but earnings rose 21% due mainly to lower taxes. The Foster City, Ca...
Nov 07, 2023
Brazil extends avian flu health emergency for 180 days – ministry
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's agriculture ministry has extended a national health emergency for another 180 days due to more detections of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) vir...
Nov 07, 2023
Appeals court blocks California warning requirement for glyphosate
(Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring California from requiring businesses to warn consumers that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller,...
Nov 07, 2023
US Senate confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Joe Biden's pick to run the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, on Tuesday with a bipartisan 62 to 26 vote. The NIH...
Nov 07, 2023
Syphilis cases in US newborns rise 10-fold over a decade
(Reuters) - The number of newborns with syphilis in the United States surged more than 10-fold in the last decade, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday. The CD...
Nov 07, 2023
US FTC disputes listing for more than 100 patents in FDA Orange Book
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday said it sent notice letters to Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Teva and other drugmakers and medical device companies disputing the accur...
Nov 07, 2023
Tuberculosis fight recovering from COVID-19 knock but still off target- WHO
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The global fight against tuberculosis (TB), badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, is beginning to recover but remains a long way off target, according to a World Hea...
Nov 07, 2023
