Health
UK regulator authorises updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
Britain’s health regulator said on Wednesday it has granted approval to Pfizer and BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the JN.1 subspecies for use in infants,
Pfizer gene therapy reduces bleeding rates in haemophilia A in late-stage study
Pfizer the company reported that a gene therapy for haemophilia A significantly reduced the number of annual bleeding episodes in patients with the rare disease
Roche raises 2024 profit forecast due to strong drug sales
Roche on Thursday raised its full-year profit forecast after beating expectations for the first half of the year, driven by strong demand for new drugs
Children at risk as mpox arrives in Congolese IDP camps
Local doctors say they have seen 130 suspected cases of mpox, almost all in children and adolescents, in the past four weeks at a nearby
Colorado steps up bird flu measures, requires milk testing
Colorado has begun requiring dairies to test milk shipments weekly for bird flu, a state veterinarian told Reuters on Tuesday, as a federal team arrived
Novo Nordisk’s drug Wegovy has been approved for use in the UK
Novo Nordisk weight-loss drug Wegovy has received approval from the UK regulator for use to reduce the risk of serious heart problems or strokes in
Robitussin manufacturer settles US lawsuit
The maker of Robitussin settled a consumer lawsuit that claimed its ‘non-drowsy’ cough and flu drug causes drowsiness, agreeing to pay $4.5 million and remove
Merck’s RSV drug meets key end-stage trial targets
Merck said Tuesday that its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) drug met safety and efficacy targets in a mid- to late-stage study testing it in infants.
Novo Nordisk buys land in Denmark for possible new production plant
Novo Nordisk, the maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, earlier this month bought a 200-acre site in Denmark’s third-largest city, Odense, and will begin preparatory
Brazil rules out three possible new cases of Newcastle disease in poultry
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture said it has ruled out three possible new cases of Newcastle disease in poultry after testing additional samples taken from animals