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Lawsuit accuses major food companies of marketing ‘addictive’ food to children
Major food companies including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola filed a new lawsuit against the company in the US on Tuesday, accusing it of developing
A record dengue fever outbreak has killed 7,700 people in America this year
The number of reported dengue fever cases in the Americas has nearly tripled to a record high of more than 12.6 million this year, including
Revance agrees to undercut Crown Labs’ private offering
Crown Laboratories would buy anti-wrinkle injections maker Revance Therapeutics at a price about 50% lower compared with the original deal signed in August, the companies
AbbVie’s Parkinson’s disease drug improves mobility in patients in late-stage study
AbbVie’s experimental drug to treat early-stage Parkinson’s disease has helped significantly improve patients’ ability to perform everyday tasks such as eating and walking, months after
AbbVie’s Parkinson’s disease drug improves mobility in patients in late-stage study
AbbVie’s experimental drug to treat early-stage Parkinson’s disease has helped significantly improve patients’ ability to perform everyday tasks such as eating and walking, months after
GSK drug combination shown to reduce risk of death by 42% in blood cancer
British drugmaker GSK on Monday said its experimental anti-cancer drug Blenrep, in combination with other treatments, reduces the risk of death by 42 per cent
BioAge halts interim-stage trial of experimental obesity drug, shares fall
BioAge Labs on Friday the company said it was halting a mid-stage trial of an experimental obesity drug after some patients were found to have
US issues executive order mandating testing of milk supplies for bird flu
The United States issued a federal executive order on Friday mandating that the nation’s milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
WHO says undiagnosed disease in Congo puts malnourished children at risk
According to the World Health Organisation, which has sent experts to the region to investigate the outbreak, the mysterious disease is mainly spreading among children
Health insurer shares fall after UnitedHealth executive killed
Shares of health insurance companies, including UnitedHealth Group, continued to plunge on Friday, two days after Brian Thompson, CEO of the company’s health insurance division,