Health
Moderna meets preliminary 2023 COVID vaccine sales target
Moderna reported preliminary 2023 sales of $6.7 billion of its COVID vaccine, exceeding the lower end of its full-year forecast, while reiterating its goal of
Florida’s abortion rights law could go before voters
A state constitutional amendment that would protect access to abortion in Florida has received enough signatures of support to appear on the ballot in the
Bayer’s menopause relief drug succeeds in late-stage trial
Bayer says its menopause relief drug has eased hot flashes and improved sleep in two late-stage studies. This is much-needed good news for the German
JN.1 variant accounts for 62% of COVID cases in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that the JN.1 subvariant of COVID accounts for approximately 62% of reported cases in the U.S.
FDA to allow Florida to import cheaper drugs from Canada
Florida has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to import prescription drugs directly from Canada. It is the first state
India orders new drug manufacturing rules
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, rocked by a series of deaths abroad linked to drugs made in India since 2022, ordered Indian pharmaceutical companies to
FDA ordered to reconsider denial of approval of vape products
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decision barring two makers of flavoured e-cigarette liquid from
Canada has approved Pfizer’s gene therapy to treat blood clotting disorders
Pfizer said Canada’s health regulator has approved its gene therapy to treat a rare inherited blood clotting disorder called haemophilia B, even before the US
Brazilian city launches first mass vaccination against dengue fever
The city government said that the city of Dourados in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul on Wednesday launched the country’s first mass
Record-breaking doctors’ strike puts pressure on England’s health system
Junior doctors in England on Wednesday began a six-day strike over pay, the longest strike in the 75-year history of the state-run National Health Service,