| | ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche's shares dropped on Wednesday after it told U.S.-based haemophilia advocacy groups that five patients treated with its medicine Hemlibra had died, while maintaining that the therapy was not the cause of the deaths. | |
| ZURICH (Reuters) - A Tokyo court has ruled that Shire's claim against Swiss drugmaker Roche's new Hemlibra hemophilia medicine should be dismissed, Roche's Japanese subsidiary Chugai said on Wednesday, helping to clear up legal uncertainty over the prospective blockbuster medicine. | |
| (Reuters) - India's Alkem Labs Ltd said on Wednesday the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a report about its Amaliya facility, citing 13 observations following an inspection. | |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maziar Hashemi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Massachusetts, has been told by doctors that his best hope for surviving a rare form of blood cancer is a bone marrow transplant. | |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, “right, left, well done!” | |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to investing in the U.S. healthcare sector, it has paid off big to bet on smaller stocks. | |
| WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Wellington court gave the New Zealand unit of Philip Morris International the green light to sell its heated tobacco product, dismissing a case by the country's health authorities. | |
| (Reuters) - Seven public health and medical groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision that they said would allow e-cigarettes to remain on the market for years without regulatory review. | |
| (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved DexCom Inc's monitoring system to check blood sugar levels in children and adults suffering from diabetes, which can be used along with devices such as insulin pumps. | |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating beef, chicken or fish grilled or well-done is associated with a higher risk of high blood pressure, new research suggests. | |
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