 | | | | German drugmaker Bayer sees no reason to re-assess the legal risks from newly acquired Monsanto after the U.S. unit was ordered to pay damages in a lawsuit over alleged links between weed-killer glyphosate and cancer. | | |
| | | Novartis's efforts to tackle an elusive gene mutation behind tough-to-treat breast cancer were rewarded on Thursday, as the Swiss drugmaker said one of its investigational medicines slowed disease progression. | | |
| | | A new AstraZeneca inhaler for chronic lung disease has proved worse than a rival GlaxoSmithKline product in a clinical trial, a result AstraZeneca said was inconsistent with earlier findings. | | |
| | | China, home to the world's largest pig herd, reported its fourth outbreak of the deadly African swine fever on Thursday, with more than 400 pigs infected as the disease entered a fourth province, fanning worries about its rapid spread. | | |
| | | Democratic Republic of Congo has approved four more experimental treatments against the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said as it raced to contain an outbreak in its violence-torn east. | | |
| | | Democratic Republic of Congo has approved four more experimental treatments against the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said as it raced to contain an outbreak in its violence-torn east. | | |
| | | A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday tossed a $3 million verdict against GlaxoSmithKline over the suicide of an attorney who took a generic version of the company's antidepressant Paxil, finding the company could not be held liable for injuries allegedly caused by a generic copy. | | |
| | | Drugmakers Pfizer Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc said on Wednesday they would change protocols for two late-stage trials testing prostate cancer drug Xtandi to speed up completion. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - Children and teens who specialize in one sport may be more likely to get injured than those who play a variety of sports, a new study suggests. | | |
| | | Expecting Venezuelan women are leaving their country due to a lack of prenatal care, medicine and diapers and giving birth across the border in Brazil, where three Venezuelan babies are born every day. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - Over 40 percent of women with asthma go on to develop more severe lung disease, a Canadian study suggests. | | |
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