“GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure” plus 8 more Reuters: Health News |
- GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure
- Bayer raises sales targets for top-selling drugs after Monsanto deal
- Florida declares neighborhood Zika-free, but CDC remains cautious
- Wearable device helps reduce low blood sugar episodes
- Codeine not safe for kids, doctors warn
- Bowing to pressure, FDA approves Sarepta's Duchenne drug
- Too little sleep, or too much, linked to risk of heart disease
- In youngest suicide victims, ADD is more common than depression
- Astellas, Vical herpes vaccine fails mid-stage study
| GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure Posted: 19 Sep 2016 04:42 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the price charged for its pneumococcal vaccine when given to refugees, following complaints about the product's "exorbitant" cost by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres. |
| Bayer raises sales targets for top-selling drugs after Monsanto deal Posted: 20 Sep 2016 12:09 AM PDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugmaker Bayer said its two best-selling drugs had a higher annual peak sales potential than previously targeted, after the agreed $66 billion takeover of Monsanto stirred criticism it might neglect its pharmaceuticals business. |
| Florida declares neighborhood Zika-free, but CDC remains cautious Posted: 19 Sep 2016 12:46 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Monday urged pregnant women to consider putting off nonessential travel to Miami due to the Zika virus even as they lifted a travel warning for one neighborhood. Earlier in the day, Florida's governor declared the neighborhood of Wynwood Zika-free and invited visitors to return. |
| Wearable device helps reduce low blood sugar episodes Posted: 19 Sep 2016 11:39 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – - A new "flash" blood sugar monitoring system cuts down on episodes of low blood sugar in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers say. |
| Codeine not safe for kids, doctors warn Posted: 19 Sep 2016 01:03 PM PDT (Reuters Health) - Codeine isn't safe for children and shouldn't be used to ease pain or relieve coughs, a leading U.S. pediatricians group warns. |
| Bowing to pressure, FDA approves Sarepta's Duchenne drug Posted: 19 Sep 2016 01:26 PM PDT (Reuters) - Bowing to pressure from patient advocates, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy even though an outside panel of experts and the agency's own reviewers questioned the drug's efficacy. |
| Too little sleep, or too much, linked to risk of heart disease Posted: 19 Sep 2016 03:30 PM PDT (Reuters Health) - Sleep irregularities may be tied to a variety of health problems, such as diabetes and obesity, that can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, a leading U.S. doctors group says. |
| In youngest suicide victims, ADD is more common than depression Posted: 19 Sep 2016 03:22 PM PDT (Reuters Health) - When children under 12 commit suicide, they are more likely to have a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder than depression, a U.S. study suggests. |
| Astellas, Vical herpes vaccine fails mid-stage study Posted: 19 Sep 2016 04:53 AM PDT (Reuters) - Japan's Astellas Pharma Inc and San Diego-based Vical Inc said their experimental herpes vaccine failed a mid-stage study involving certain kidney transplant patients. |
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