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Vitamin Shoppe’s telehealth service to provide access to weight-loss drugs

Vitamin Shoppe’s telehealth service to provide access to weight-loss drugs

(Reuters) - Health and wellness products retailer Vitamin Shoppe said on Wednesday that subscribers to its telehealth service would have access to weight-loss medications such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Rybelsus....
Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model

Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model

By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its "AlphaFold" artificial intelligence model, designed to help scientists design drugs and target disease more...
Pfizer agrees to settle over 10,000 Zantac lawsuits, Bloomberg News reports

Pfizer agrees to settle over 10,000 Zantac lawsuits, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Pfizer has agreed to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits about cancer risks related to the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with...
Teva Pharm to launch Humira biosimilar as Q1 profit misses estimates

Teva Pharm to launch Humira biosimilar as Q1 profit misses estimates

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said it was set to launch its long awaited biosimilar of AbbVie's blockbuster arthritis drug Humira in the coming weeks after...
Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted

Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted

(Reuters) - Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cybersecurity incident and advised business partners to temporarily disconnect from its systems. Earlier...
US FDA advises healthcare facilities to switch from Getinge’s heart devices

US FDA advises healthcare facilities to switch from Getinge’s heart devices

(Reuters) -The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday advised healthcare facilities to move away from using Getinge's heart devices in patients as they faced safety and quality concerns...
UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports

UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports

(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's (WHO) pandemic accord because the country says it would have to give away a fifth of its vaccines, the...
Trade association survey shows 79% of US biotech companies contract with Chinese firms

Trade association survey shows 79% of US biotech companies contract with Chinese firms

(Reuters) - A recent survey carried out by a Washington-based trade association representing biotechnology companies found that 79% of 124 respondents have at least one contract or product agreement with...
US FDA panel to discuss Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug on June 10

US FDA panel to discuss Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug on June 10

(Reuters) -Eli Lilly said on Tuesday a panel of independent U.S. FDA advisers will discuss its experimental Alzheimer's disease drug, donanemab, on June 10. Donanemab has faced two separate regulatory...
Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender healthcare rule

Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender healthcare rule

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Florida's top prosecutor and a Catholic medical group on Tuesday sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a rule that they say will...
Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 billion in debt

Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 billion in debt

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of...
Idaho seeks to revive ‘abortion trafficking’ law in US appeals court

Idaho seeks to revive ‘abortion trafficking’ law in US appeals court

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A lawyer for the state of Idaho on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to revive a 2023 state law making it a crime to help...
Bio-Rad Laboratories reiterates 2024 revenue growth outlook; shares slip

Bio-Rad Laboratories reiterates 2024 revenue growth outlook; shares slip

(Reuters) - Diagnostics firm Bio Rad Laboratories reiterated its 2024 sales growth forecast on Tuesday, weighed by persistently weak spending by biotech companies and sluggish demand in China. The supplier...
Pfizer reports patient death in Duchenne gene therapy study

Pfizer reports patient death in Duchenne gene therapy study

By Pratik Jain (Reuters) -A young patient died due to cardiac arrest after receiving Pfizer's experimental gene therapy being tested in a mid-stage trial for a muscle-wasting disorder called Duchenne...
McKesson misses quarterly estimates as US pharmaceuticals segment weighs

McKesson misses quarterly estimates as US pharmaceuticals segment weighs

(Reuters) - McKesson Corp reported weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday due to slump in demand for the company's branded and specialty drugs that dragged sales in its U.S....
AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID vaccine globally as demand dips

AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID vaccine globally as demand dips

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic. The company also said...
New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims

New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women...
People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s, scientists say

People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s, scientists say

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -People who carry two copies of the APOE4 gene are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer's and face symptoms at an earlier age, researchers reported on...
Shah Capital urges Novavax shareholders to vote against three directors

Shah Capital urges Novavax shareholders to vote against three directors

By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -Hedge fund Shah Capital on Monday urged Novavax shareholders to vote against the re-election of three directors and opposed proposals related to executive compensation, weeks after...
US hospital network Steward files for bankruptcy, aims for new loan

US hospital network Steward files for bankruptcy, aims for new loan

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -Steward Health Care, which operates 31 hospitals in eight U.S. states, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas on Monday, aiming to secure a...
US FDA panel to discuss first psychedelic-assisted PTSD treatment next month (May 6)

US FDA panel to discuss first psychedelic-assisted PTSD treatment next month (May 6)

(Corrects paragraph 5 in May 6 story to say Lykos was previously know as MAPS Public Benefit Corp, not MAPS; removes reference to MAPS in paragraph 7) (Reuters) -The U.S....
Vertex tops Q1 profit estimates on robust demand for cystic fibrosis treatments

Vertex tops Q1 profit estimates on robust demand for cystic fibrosis treatments

By Pratik Jain (Reuters) -Vertex Pharmaceuticals beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Monday, driven by robust uptake for its blockbuster cystic fibrosis treatments. Cystic fibrosis (CF) - an...
US CDC asks states to make worker protective gear available to combat bird flu

US CDC asks states to make worker protective gear available to combat bird flu

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had met with state health officials and asked them to facilitate distribution of protective gear...
US Social Security, Medicare get slight boost from strong economy

US Social Security, Medicare get slight boost from strong economy

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Trust funds supporting Social Security and Medicare benefits for U.S. seniors showed slight improvement as stronger-than-forecast economic growth and productivity has boosted revenue collections, according...
How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing.

How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing.

By P.J. Huffstutter MONEE, Illinois (Reuters) - Farmer Luz Klotz straightened the brightly striped hair bow on Reba, a 1,600-pound heifer lounging on the ground under twinkling fairy lights. Teenager...
WHO chief urges countries to finalise pandemic accord by deadline

WHO chief urges countries to finalise pandemic accord by deadline

GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this...
Amgen jumps after teasing weight-loss drug data, rival stocks fall

Amgen jumps after teasing weight-loss drug data, rival stocks fall

By Manas Mishra and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -Amgen shares headed for their best session since 2009 on Friday after the U.S. drugmaker hinted at encouraging interim trial data on its...
CDC recommends avoiding exposure to sick or dead animals

CDC recommends avoiding exposure to sick or dead animals

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that people should avoid exposures to sick or dead animals suspected to be infected with the H5N1...
US FTC seeks more information on Novo Nordisk parent-Catalent deal

US FTC seeks more information on Novo Nordisk parent-Catalent deal

(Reuters) -The U.S. FTC has sought more information on Novo Nordisk parent's $16.5 billion bid for contract drug manufacturer Catalent, weeks after an application to the regulator was refiled for...
Biden expands health insurance access for DACA immigrants

Biden expands health insurance access for DACA immigrants

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration will allow certain immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children access to federally run health insurance, the White House said...