Reuters Health Report: September 18, 2017

Categories: Press releases Age: 7 until 13 year 14 until 18 year 19 until 30 year 31 until 64 years 65 and older

7 years ago

Html
Text

Monday, September 18, 2017

Drug industry on tenterhooks as Maryland price-gouging law nears

(Reuters) - As U.S. consumer outrage grows over prescription drug prices, state authorities and patient advocates in Maryland are preparing to enforce the nation's first law designed to punish drugmaker price-gouging.

GSK's three-in-one inhaler gets positive opinion from EU agency

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday that a European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel has recommended the company's three-in-one inhaled lung drug.

U.S. senator slams Allergan patent deal with Native-American tribe

(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said on Friday a deal that drugmaker Allergan Plc made with a Native-American tribe to shield patents "rips off consumers" and cannot "become the new normal."

Exclusive: FDA plans new compounding pharmacy policy, agency head says

BOSTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday the agency is working on a new policy that would encourage more compounding pharmacies to register under a law enacted in the wake of a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to one such company.

Anthem to sell Obamacare health plans in Virginia counties that don't offer them

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc said on Friday it plans to sell Obamacare health plans in 68 cities and counties in Virginia next year, covering the only remaining U.S. counties that are currently without insurers offering the plans.

Obese minority children less likely to have weight-loss surgery

(Reuters Health) - Obese white teens in the U.S. are much more likely obese black or Hispanic teens to be treated with weight loss surgery, according to a recent study.

Distraction isn’t only way virtual reality might ease pain

(Reuters Health) - Virtual reality games might help ease pain not just by distracting players from what ails them, but also by triggering changes in the brain, a recent research review suggests.

You can’t blame a toothache on bad genes

(Reuters Health) - Even though people are born with microbes in their mouth that they inherited from their parents, these bacteria aren’t associated with toothaches and cavities, a recent study suggests.

Tesaro's ovarian cancer drug gets EU agency backing

(Reuters) - A European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel recommended the approval of Tesaro Inc's key drug, niraparib, for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer.

Oral food challenges safe when performed in doctor's office

(Reuters Health) - Oral food challenges at the doctor’s office are a safe way to diagnose food allergies, a U.S. study suggests.

Reuters Health Report: September 18, 2017

Share on

Other newsletters from Reuters.com

Related newsletters

View other categories