Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
US FDA asks to not purchase certain eye drops due to infection risk
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued a warning to consumers to not purchase or use certain eye drops from several major brands due to the risk of eye infection. The agenc...
Oct 27, 2023
J&J says DoJ seeking information related to eye products in civil investigation
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson disclosed on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in July had sought documents and information related to the drugmaker's free and discounted eye surgery produ...
Oct 27, 2023
US shifting COVID antivirals to commercial market on Nov. 1
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most people will retain access to Pfizer's Paxlovid and Merck's Lagevrio COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments for little or no cost even after the U.S. governm...
Oct 27, 2023
Romania reports H5N1 bird flu among backyard poultry
PARIS (Reuters) - Romania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, among poultry in the south of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Hea...
Oct 27, 2023
US FDA advisers to consider need for more studies for Vertex/CRISPR gene therapy
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's staff reviewers on Friday asked the regulator's advisory panel to consider the need for additional studies for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR The...
Oct 27, 2023
AbbVie raises profit forecast after Humira, newer drugs drive results beat
(Reuters) -AbbVie on Friday raised its annual profit forecast after beating quarterly earnings estimates, helped by a lower-than-feared drop in sales of its blockbuster arthritis drug, Humira, and str...
Oct 27, 2023
EMA says no evidence GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic linked to thyroid cancer
(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday said its safety panel did not find a causal link between popular GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and thyroid cancer after a months-l...
Oct 27, 2023
India’s Dr Reddy’s tops Q2 profit view on higher sales
HYDERABAD/BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories reported a bigger-than-expected rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, boosted by strong U.S. sales of its generic version of the popul...
Oct 27, 2023
China’s Wu Zunyou, expert of epidemiology, has died – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China CDC's Wu Zunyou, a well-known expert of epidemiology, has died, government-backed media said on Friday. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christina Fincher)
Oct 27, 2023
Indian drugmaker Cipla tops Q2 profit view on strong demand
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Cipla, India's third-largest drugmaker by sales, posted a bigger-than-expected rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, boosted by strength in its domestic and North American bus...
Oct 27, 2023
