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Health Rounds: Next generation Lilly weight-loss drug shows added heart, liver benefits

Health Rounds: Next generation Lilly weight-loss drug shows added heart, liver benefits

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Eli Lilly's experimental next generation weight-loss drug mimics three hormones instead of just one or two and continues to show promising clinical trial results for...
GSK’s asthma drug Nucala meets main goal in study on treating smoker’s lungs

GSK’s asthma drug Nucala meets main goal in study on treating smoker’s lungs

(Reuters) -British drugmaker GSK said on Friday that its asthma drug, Nucala, met the main goal of a late-stage study in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or...
Bristol-Myers Squibb-backed Zenas BioPharma seeks up to $689.7 million valuation in US IPO

Bristol-Myers Squibb-backed Zenas BioPharma seeks up to $689.7 million valuation in US IPO

(Reuters) - Zenas BioPharma, which is developing immunology-based therapies, said on Friday it is targeting a valuation of as much as $689.7 million in its initial public offering in the...
Health Rounds: Dye turns mouse skin invisible, allows researchers to see inside

Health Rounds: Dye turns mouse skin invisible, allows researchers to see inside

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Hello Health Rounds Readers! Sometimes science is just so cool. Today we feature a study that makes good on science envisioned by H.G. Wells over...
Bicara Therapeutics aims for up to $828 million valuation in U.S. IPO

Bicara Therapeutics aims for up to $828 million valuation in U.S. IPO

(Reuters) - Bicara Therapeutics said on Friday it is seeking a valuation of up to $828 million in its initial public offering in the United States, as new listings continue...
Norway reports outbreak of bluetongue disease in sheep, WOAH says

Norway reports outbreak of bluetongue disease in sheep, WOAH says

PARIS (Reuters) - Norway has reported an outbreak of bluetongue disease on a sheep farm in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said...
US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain, officials say

US is beefing up mpox testing, vaccine access against new strain, officials say

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States has beefed up testing and surveillance for a new strain of mpox and has ensured that vaccines are readily available at...
London’s ExCel Centre wins insurance appeal over COVID-19 losses

London’s ExCel Centre wins insurance appeal over COVID-19 losses

LONDON (Reuters) - The owners of London's ExCel conference centre on Friday won an appeal brought by insurers, including Allianz, over pandemic-related losses, which its lawyers said could help thousands...
CDC confirms human case of bird flu in Missouri

CDC confirms human case of bird flu in Missouri

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed a human case of avian influenza A reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified...
China detains AstraZeneca staff in data, drug-import probes, Bloomberg News reports

China detains AstraZeneca staff in data, drug-import probes, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Police in China have detained five current and former employees of AstraZeneca for questioning about potential illegal activities, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter....
Palestinian children in south Gaza receive polio vaccinations amid continued war

Palestinian children in south Gaza receive polio vaccinations amid continued war

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centers in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip on Thursday for their children to be...
Soccer-Some players get less than one day off a week, union report says

Soccer-Some players get less than one day off a week, union report says

(Reuters) -The increasingly packed soccer calendar has left some players with as little as 12% of the year to rest, which is equivalent to less than one day off per...
Eli Lilly partners with AI-focused Genetic Leap to develop RNA-based drugs

Eli Lilly partners with AI-focused Genetic Leap to develop RNA-based drugs

(Reuters) -U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly has signed a research deal with privately held AI-focused firm Genetic Leap to develop genetic medicines, the latter said on Thursday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Major...
Abbott follows rival Dexcom with OTC glucose monitor launch in US

Abbott follows rival Dexcom with OTC glucose monitor launch in US

By Sneha S K (Reuters) -Abbott has launched its over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring system in the U.S., the company said on Thursday, making it the second such device on the...
Drug distributor McKesson forecasts Q2 profit below estimates

Drug distributor McKesson forecasts Q2 profit below estimates

(Reuters) -Drug distributor McKesson on Thursday forecast second-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down 9%. The company said in a filing it expects adjusted profit for the...
How fake Ozempic batch numbers help criminal groups spread dangerous drugs

How fake Ozempic batch numbers help criminal groups spread dangerous drugs

By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him...
Lykos’ longtime CEO to step down in latest shakeup after MDMA drug setback

Lykos’ longtime CEO to step down in latest shakeup after MDMA drug setback

(Reuters) - Lykos Therapeutics said on Thursday longtime CEO Amy Emerson would step down from the role, in the latest shakeup after the U.S. health regulator declined to approve its...
Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses

Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses

By Ange Kasongo and Justin Makangara KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak...
US allows increased production of Takeda’s ADHD drug and its generics to address shortage

US allows increased production of Takeda’s ADHD drug and its generics to address shortage

(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to make clear Takeda's drug is not in shortage) (Reuters) -The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has increased the production limit for Takeda Pharmaceutical's ADHD drug...
Eli Lilly signs manufacturing deal for rheumatoid arthritis drug in Africa

Eli Lilly signs manufacturing deal for rheumatoid arthritis drug in Africa

(Reuters) -Eli Lilly will license the manufacturing know-how for its rheumatoid arthritis treatment to Egypt's Eva Pharma, the companies said on Wednesday, to help localize the drug's production in Africa....
Amgen aims to treat liver, kidney diseases with obesity drug

Amgen aims to treat liver, kidney diseases with obesity drug

By Puyaan Singh (Reuters) -Amgen will test its obesity drug candidate in patients at risk of weight-related conditions such as heart, liver and kidney diseases in its late-stage trial, the...
Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday

Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday

By Sonia Rolley and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects...
UK regulator finds no suicidal thoughts link to diabetes, obesity drugs

UK regulator finds no suicidal thoughts link to diabetes, obesity drugs

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's health regulator said on Wednesday that the available data does not establish a link between a popular class of diabetes and obesity drugs, including...
Bankrupt Steward Health approved to sell six Massachusetts hospitals at a loss

Bankrupt Steward Health approved to sell six Massachusetts hospitals at a loss

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steward Health Care, the largest private hospital operator in the U.S., received a bankruptcy judge's approval on Wednesday to sell six Massachusetts hospitals,...
Johnson & Johnson adds $1.1 billion to proposed talc settlement

Johnson & Johnson adds $1.1 billion to proposed talc settlement

By Mike Spector and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson plans to pay an additional $1.1 billion to resolve tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its baby powder and...
US will still pay at least twice as much after negotiating drug prices

US will still pay at least twice as much after negotiating drug prices

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -The U.S. government's first-ever negotiated prices for prescription drugs are still on average more than double, and in some cases five times, what drugmakers have agreed...
Semnur Pharmaceuticals to go public via SPAC merger with Denali Capital in $2.5 billion deal

Semnur Pharmaceuticals to go public via SPAC merger with Denali Capital in $2.5 billion deal

(Reuters) -Semnur Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scilex Holding Company, will go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Denali Capital Acquisition Corp in a $2.5 billion...
No link between mobile phones and brain cancer, WHO-backed study says

No link between mobile phones and brain cancer, WHO-backed study says

LONDON (Reuters) -There is no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of available published evidence worldwide....
Nvidia-backed Recursion’s shares fall on mixed data for rare disorder drug

Nvidia-backed Recursion’s shares fall on mixed data for rare disorder drug

By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -Nvidia-backed Recursion Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday its experimental drug to treat a rare brain-related condition was safe and tolerable in a mid-stage study, but showed mixed...
African drugmaker Aspen in talks to manufacture mpox vaccines

African drugmaker Aspen in talks to manufacture mpox vaccines

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare is in talks with partners to manufacture mpox vaccines at its facilities, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Saad told Reuters on Tuesday....