Roche says new drug shows benefits in lung, bladder cancer tests
ZURICH - Roche 's new immune-system boosting cancer drug has given positive results in tests on patients suffering from some lung and bladder cancers, according to data released on Sunday at the European Cancer Congress in Vienna that the company hopes will help it win quick regulatory approval.
Liberia struggles to regain economic footing after Ebola
UNITED NATIONS - Liberia needs two years to regain its economic footing after it was battered by the Ebola epidemic, as it moves to boost access to electricity and infrastructure and diversify the economy, Liberia's president said in an interview on Saturday.
U.S. says to spend $300 million to fight HIV in Africa
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said on Saturday it was allotting an additional $300 million to the effort to reduce HIV infection among girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.
FDA revokes approval for Sun Pharma's seizure drug over compliance issues
MUMBAI - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked an approval issued in March to India's Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd (SPARC) to launch a drug for seizures, citing manufacturing quality problems at its production site.
FDA approves Bayer's electronic autoinjector for MS therapy
- The first electronic automatic injector to deliver a drug for the most common form of multiple sclerosis received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday.
Bristol's Opdivo boosts kidney cancer survival beyond two years
- Bristol-Myers Squibb's immunotherapy drug Opdivo extended kidney cancer survival rates by more than two years in a late-stage trial, setting it up to be used beyond melanoma and lung cancer.
FDA approves Novo Nordisk's long-awaited diabetes drug
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Tresiba, two years after rejecting the long-acting form of insulin.
Video games with smoking characters lack tobacco warnings
(Reuters Health) - Video games popular with children and teens often feature characters that smoke even though few packages carry warnings about tobacco-related content, a U.S. study suggests.
Pressure to be 'manly' may lead to violence
(Reuters Health) - Men who perceive themselves to be less masculine according to the traditional gender norms of society, and are feeling stressed about it, may be more prone to violent behavior, according to a U.S. study.
AbbVie scraps Galapagos deal to focus on own arthritis drug
- AbbVie Inc said one of its experimental drugs improved symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in mid-stage studies and scrapped plans to buy rights to a similar treatment from Belgium's Galapagos NV .