Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Mexico reports first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm
PARIS (Reuters) - Mexico reported its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm this season, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said in a report on Thursday, just a ...
Nov 02, 2023
US hospital groups sue Biden administration to block ban on web trackers
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. hospital lobbying group on Thursday sued the Biden administration over new guidance barring hospitals and other medical providers from using trackers ...
Nov 02, 2023
Gaza hospital evacuation orders put hundreds of patients at risk- WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday the forced evacuation of hospitals in the Gaza Strip would put the lives of hundreds of patients at risk. "Twenty-th...
Nov 02, 2023
Novo Nordisk: 80% of U.S. Wegovy patients with insurance paying less than $25/month
COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) - The majority of U.S. patients with health insurance coverage taking Novo Nordisk's powerful weight-loss drug Wegovy are paying less than $25 per month, a senior executive...
Nov 02, 2023
Baxter International beats Q3 profit estimates on strong demand for medical devices
(Reuters) - Baxter International on Thursday beat Wall Street expectations for third-quarter revenue and profit, as a recovery in surgical procedure volumes after the pandemic helped drive the demand ...
Nov 02, 2023
Smith+Nephew plays down concerns about weight-loss drugs
By Prerna Bedi (Reuters) - British medical products maker Smith+Nephew said weight-loss drugs could help previously ineligible overweight patients get approval for joint replacement surgery, playing d...
Nov 02, 2023
Novo Nordisk adding in-house fill-finish capacity for Wegovy’s European pen, Ozempic
By Maggie Fick and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk is ramping up its in-house manufacturing capacity to fill injection pens for its diabetes drug Ozempic and for the European v...
Nov 02, 2023
Teleflex beats profit estimates on strong demand for medical devices
(Reuters) - Teleflex beat third quarter profit estimates on Thursday as volumes of non-urgent surgical procedures picked up in hospitals post pandemic, lifting demand for its medical devices. Teleflex...
Nov 02, 2023
Cencora beats quarterly profit estimates on specialty drug demand
(Reuters) - Drug distributor Cencora reported a fourth-quarter profit on Thursday that beat analysts' estimates as strong demand for costly specialty medicines helped offset a decline in COVID-related...
Nov 02, 2023
Regeneron beats quarterly profit estimates on eczema treatment strength
(Reuters) -Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit, driven by strong demand for its eczema treatment Dupixent. On an adjusted basis, the company earne...
Nov 02, 2023
