By Vera Dvorakova and Jesus Calero Aug 20 (Reuters) – Danish biosolutions maker Novonesis expects results in the second half of 2027 from research with Novo Nordisk into whether microbiome supplements could provide additional benefits alongside GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, its chief executive told Reute
Aug 20 (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck’s Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as the country attempts to contain its biggest-ever outbreak of the deadly disease. Here are some details: • Last week Congo had re
Aug 20 (Reuters) – Celon Pharma’s experimental semaglutide product Reduzek, a generic alternative to Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic, matched the blockbuster weight-loss drugs in an early-stage bioequivalence study, the Polish drugmaker said on Thursday. The company’s shares surged 14.7% following
SALINAS, California, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Taylor Farms, the produce supplier at the center of the massive U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak, changed the way that America eats after launching branded, prepackaged and washed chopped salads more than a decade ago. With flavors ranging from Asiago Kale to Broc
Aug 20 (Reuters) – The AFC/M23 rebel alliance in Democratic Republic of Congo, which has highlighted its ability to tackle the spread of Ebola in territory it controls, has said it will impose new restrictions on people’s movements to and from Ebola-affected government-held zones. • Shared taxis on
NEW YORK (AP) — In her first large staff meeting, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised Wednesday to advocate for the agency while acknowledging that congressionally funded programs lacked staff and employees were feeling burned out. Dr. Erica Schwartz also said
By Sneha S K and Padmanabhan Ananthan Aug 19 (Reuters) – Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday that its gene therapy became the first to receive the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval to treat a rare metabolic disorder, sending its shares up 7.5% in after-hours trading. The drug, bra
CHICAGO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors. Unlike chemotherapy, which kills both healthy and cancerous cells, or immunotherapy, w
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump’s second-te
By Bageshri Banerjee and Christy Santhosh Aug 19 – The U.S. FDA on Wednesday approved Regeneron’s drug for a rare genetic disorder after it significantly reduced abnormal bone formation in certain soft tissues. New York-based Regeneron’s shares rose 4%. The drug, garetosmab, branded as Pasatru, was
Aug 19 (Reuters) – Four people have died from West Nile fever out of 38 testing positive for the disease so far this year in North Macedonia, with three of them dying in the past week, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The virus, which mostly spreads to people through mosquito bites, can cause
BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, China’s biggest drugmaker by market value, reported a 0.34% rise in first-half net profit on Wednesday, as its generics business remained under pressure from bulk-procurement programs designed to lower healthcare costs. Hengrui said reven
Aug 19 (Reuters) – Moderna’s personalized mRNA cancer therapy, developed with Merck, reduced the risk of melanoma recurrence and spread when used in combination with the U.S. drugmaker’s blockbuster treatment Keytruda in a late-stage trial. The interim results showed statistically significant improv
PARIS, Aug 19 (Reuters) – France recorded 1,243 excess deaths between July 3 and July 22 when the country was hit by exceptionally high temperatures, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday. • The count includes all deaths regardless of their cause and is an estimate based on death certifica
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Camilla has said she knew about her husband’s cancer diagnosis days before it was publicly announced and found it difficult not to talk about his condition when she visited a cancer center during that period. King Charles III announced on Feb. 5, 2024, that he was being
By Nancy Lapid Aug 19 (Reuters) – We also share data confirming that U.S. airline flight crews are at high risk of cancer from cosmic radiation. CHILLING PLATELETS CAN SAFELY EXPAND THEIR AVAILABILITY Researchers who tested the use of refrigerated platelets say their results could more than triple t
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen Aug 19 (Reuters) – Moderna said on Wednesday that a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial, a major success in a new field of cancer treatment that sent the drugmaker’s shares surging as much
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had
By Jesus Calero and Vera Dvorakova Aug 19 (Reuters) – H. Lundbeck sees no slowdown in demand for its two main growth drugs, its chief executive said on Wednesday, after the Danish drugmaker reiterated its full-year outlook despite stronger-than-expected second-quarter sales. “There is no concern aro
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is testing lower doses of its Wegovy pill in a new late-stage study to find the lowest dose that still helps patients lose weight, according to a U.S. clinical trials database. Novo is under pressure after losing ground to U.S. rival Eli Lilly
IGA-BARRIÈRE, Congo (AP) — Isaac Batisa is only a child but he spends his days digging for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo, hoping to earn enough money to support his family. The 11-year-old is among hundreds of people, many of them children, working at the artisanal gold mine in eastern Cong
Aug 19 (Reuters) – Smith+Nephew said on Wednesday its finance chief John Rogers would step down at the end of September to take up an external position in the United States, ending his roughly two-and-a-half-year tenure with the medical products company. Here are some more details: • The departure f
NAIROBI, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government data showed late on Tuesday, as health officials warn that response efforts are failing to contain the deadly disease. Congo’s 17th Ebola epidemic turned into the biggest
By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters) – KKR & Co has emerged as the preferred bidder to buy a minority stake in Avisena Healthcare in a deal that could value the Malaysian healthcare firm at about 1.5 billion ringgit ($370 million), two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. • The
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. David Morens is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 12 by U.S. District Judge
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A legal environmental group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday to halt the Trump administration’s plans announced last month to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining. Earthjustice filed the federal lawsuit against
Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reported 15,716 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in the United States, an increase of 1,821 cases from a week ago. Here are more details: • The CDC said it has received reports of 15,716 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis a
Can Syria Do Without Russian Wheat? Economist Yafa Nawaf told TML that sustainably eliminating the need for wheat imports depends on continued support for producers, access to fertilizer, seed, affordable fuel, investment in irrigation networks, dams, and storage capacity By Rizik Alabi / The Media
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital named Dr. Charles W. M. Roberts its new president and chief executive officer Tuesday, replacing Dr. James R. Downing, who led the nonprofit for 12 years. Roberts, who has been director of St. Jude’s Comprehensive Cancer Center and an executive vice president, w
When it’s really hot out, getting dressed seems pretty simple: Wear something light, loose and made for summer. But textile researchers say it’s actually a little more complicated than that. The fabric matters. But so does how heavy it is, how the clothing is made, how it fits and even what color it
