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ClearSky Rehab Hospital Lakeshore Names New Director
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (136+ words) whbl.com ClearSky Rehab Hospital Lakeshore Names New Director ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital Lakeshore, a 36-bed medical rehabilitation hospital based in Cleveland, has named their Director of Marketing and Business Development. He is Raymond Weiss, who will lead the hospital’s admissions…...
WHO says it has less than half funding needed to fight Ebola | 1330 & 101.5 WHBL
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (239+ words) GENEVA, July 14 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization has received less than half the funding it needs to fight the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a WHO official said on Tuesday, urging donors not to abandon the country…...
AstraZeneca to license lung cancer drug from China’s Dizal Pharmaceutical
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (193+ words) SHANGHAI, July 14 (Reuters) – AstraZeneca will pay Dizal Pharmaceutical $600 million upfront for global rights to one of its drugs for a type of lung cancer, the Chinese drugmaker said in a filing to the Shanghai stock exchange Tuesday. • Sunvozertinib, also known…...
US appeals court revives hundreds of private lawsuits linking Tylenol to autism
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (500+ words) NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday revived more than 500 private lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue over the painkiller’s alleged link to autism. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a district court judge…...
South Africa to allow private foot-and-mouth vaccine imports
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (177+ words) July 10 (Reuters) – South Africa’s government has agreed to allow the private sector to import, distribute and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines, farmer groups said on Friday, as the country steps up efforts to contain its worst outbreak in years. The government…...
US FDA approves Sanofi’s wearable injector form of blood cancer drug
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (334+ words) By Sneha S K and Bhanvi Satija July 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a wearable form of Sanofi’s blood cancer drug, Sarclisa, offering multiple myeloma patients a less burdensome alternative to intravenous…...
German lawmakers approve healthcare shake-up aimed at taming costs
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (462+ words) By Andreas Rinke, Maria Martinez and Maggie Fick BERLIN, July 10 (Reuters) – Germany’s upper house gave final parliamentary approval on Friday to a bill aimed at reining in health insurance costs, despite fierce criticism from drugmakers who say the measures will…...
France recorded 131 drowning deaths since June 19 amid heatwave, minister says
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (95+ words) whbl.com France recorded 131 drowning deaths since June 19 amid heatwave, minister says PARIS, July 10 (Reuters) – French Sports Minister Marina Ferracci said on Friday that 131 people had died in the country from drowning since June 19 when a heatwave sent temperatures soaring…...
GSK, Hansoh’s targeted cancer drug hits main survival goal in China trial
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (309+ words) By Bhanvi Satija and Prerna Bedi July 10 (Reuters) – GSK said on Friday that partner Hansoh Pharmaceutical’s experimental drug for advanced small-cell lung cancer met its main goal of improving survival in a late-stage trial, delivering an early boost to GSK’s…...
Alector and GSK partnership to end after dementia, Alzheimer’s drug failures
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (195+ words) July 8 (Reuters) – Alector said on Wednesday that GSK had terminated their neuroscience collaboration agreement covering two experimental antibody drugs after both the drug candidates suffered clinical setbacks. The decision follows the failure of a late-stage study of latozinemab in a…...