Oct 7 (Reuters) – Glaukos said on Wednesday patients treated with its late-stage eye disease therapy maintained improvements in vision and corneal shape three years after a single treatment for keratoconus, a disease that can progressively distort vision. • The medtech firm said patients who receive
By Siddhi Mahatole and Sahil Pandey Oct 7 (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul will seek federal assistance to tackle the measles outbreak in the state, including support from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, her spokesperson sa
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Zealand Pharma said on Wednesday its experimental drug helped people who are overweight or obese and have type 2 diabetes lose up to 9.2% of their body weight in a mid-stage trial. The Danish company is developing it with Roche. • The 220-patient trial met its main goal, with patie
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s health department on Wednesday reported 145 new measles cases over the past week, bringing the total to 1,078, as the state continues to grapple with a rapidly growing outbreak. Five Pennsylvania residents have died after contracting the highly contagious disease thi
(Corrects paragraph 5 to 200 individuals per year, not 200 flights, changes attribution to HHS from Schwartz) Oct 7 (Reuters) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Erica Schwartz said on Wednesday the risk to the US from an unconfirmed pneumonic plague case in Siberia was extremely
By Maria Cheng TORONTO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Canada’s Justice Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday the government will introduce legislation this autumn to exclude mental illness as the sole reason for euthanasia months after a parliamentary committee made a similar recommendation. • Fraser said he d
Oct 7 (Reuters) – The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of Novartis’ drug to treat adults with a chronic skin condition that causes recurring itchy welts, the Swiss drugmaker said on Wednesday. The condition, called symptomatic dermographism, is a form of chronic hives in which sc
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Biopharma company Halozyme said on Wednesday that a Dutch patent court ruled in its favor against Merck, ordering the drugmaker to halt the manufacture and sale of injectable Keytruda in eight European markets. Here are some details: • Halozyme said a specialized Dutch patent court
By Nancy Lapid Oct 7 (Reuters) – With all the dire predictions about AI’s potential to wipe out humanity, today we highlight two studies that use the technology for potential medical advances. We also report on a discovery at the cellular level that explains how tobacco smoke exposure can lead to lu
MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia informed the World Health Organization about the death of a laboratory worker at a Siberian plague research institute last week in line with established procedures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, accusing the media of providing false information a
By Andrew Osborn and Jennifer Rigby MOSCOW/LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia’s health regulator said on Wednesday there were no risks of an epidemic breaking out in Siberia after a plague institute worker there died, as the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for more information about her cause
By Kunal Das and Christy Santhosh Oct 7 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended diet, exercise and counseling over popular weight-loss drugs in its first global guidelines addressing rising obesity among younger children. According to UNICEF data, obesity has surpassed bei
(Washington, DC) — President Trump says he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin over reports about a potential outbreak of the plague in Russia. Speaking to reporters outside of the White House, Trump said he hopes to provide a new update about the situation in Russia by Wednesday. The President
By Emma Farge, Olivia Le Poidevin and Stanley Widianto GENEVA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – China plans to put forward a late candidate to lead the World Health Organization, according to four diplomats and a source familiar with the matter, giving Beijing a chance to expand its influence after the US quit the
By Jonathan Stempel Oct 6 (Reuters) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation on Tuesday into whether Fruit of the Loom and Hanes use toxic chemicals in producing children’s underwear. Paxton said he sent civil investigative demands to Fruit of the Loom, which is owned by Berkshi
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. stands ready to help Russia after a lab worker died following possible exposure to plague. That’s the word from President Trump after Russian officials initially said a woman at an anti-plague research institute died from an unspecified form of the disease. They later sai
By Andrew Osborn and Jennifer Rigby MOSCOW/LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people and causing public health fears on social media. Here’s
DHAKA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Bangladesh is considering carrying out clinical trials of a vaccine against dengue fever after thousands of patients have been hospitalised with the disease and hundreds have died, a minister said on Tuesday. More than 90,350 people have been hospitalised with dengue and 281
By Christy Santhosh Oct 6 (Reuters) – ArriVent BioPharma said on Tuesday its oral therapy to treat patients with a rare type of lung cancer did not significantly delay disease progression in a late-stage trial, sending its shares plunging nearly 60% in morning trading. The therapy, firmonertinib, wa
By Sneha S K Oct 6 (Reuters) – Drug distributor McKesson and private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice on Tuesday agreed to take infusion therapy provider Option Care Health private in a deal worth about $5.8 billion including debt. The per-share offer price of $32.05 represents a 37.1% premium to
By Siddhi Mahatole Oct 6 (Reuters) – Becton Dickinson became the first major US medical device company to strike a deal with the government to expand its domestic manufacturing, pledging $19 billion over several years in return for shelter from future tariffs. Under the agreement, the company on Tue
SHELEKHOV, Russia, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Russia’s health watchdog said on Tuesday that no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with a Siberian plague institute laboratory worker who died last week, and locals said their lives had barely been disrupted. Authorities say
GENEVA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that Russian authorities have identified all of the people in contact with a laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia who died of unknown causes. “All of the patients’ contacts have been reportedly been identi
By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Simon Lewis, Ammu Kannampilly and Emma Farge WASHINGTON/NAIROBI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – When US doctor Patrick LaRochelle realized in May that he’d been exposed to Ebola in a mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, he expected to be rushed home for treatment. That’s what happene
LUSAKA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Zambia’s government will sign an agreement allowing it to receive $1.5 billion in health funding from the United States after resolving concerns over Washington’s request for medical data, its health minister said on Tuesday. Earlier this year negotiations stalled over Zamb
By Arpan Chaturvedi and Munsif Vengattil BENGALURU, Oct 6 (Reuters) – PepsiCo, Monster Beverage and Reliance Industries can keep the “energy drink” label on products in India after a court put on hold a ban by the food regulator, a breather for the companies after a dispute they say disrupted operat
By Bhanvi Satija LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – AI-based medical devices will need constant monitoring even after they’re approved for use, rather than a single pre-approval safety check, the head of the UK’s medicines regulator said on Tuesday. The UK government will accept all 44 recommendations from a
By Sahil Pandey Oct 5 (Reuters) – Drug distributor McKesson and private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice are nearing a deal to acquire infusion services provider Option Care Health in a transaction valued at more than $5 billion including debt, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing peopl
By Sahil Pandey Oct 5 (Reuters) – Danish biotech firm Genmab and US drugmaker AbbVie said on Monday their combination treatment for patients newly diagnosed with a type of lymphoma reduced the risk of disease progression or death in a late-stage study. US-listed shares of Genmab were up about 1.04%
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The US Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it has sent letters to 24 of the country’s largest healthcare services companies about their legal obligation to provide pricing information to patients. The commission said in a statement that “failing to do so can be an u
