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US court overturns Insulet’s $59 million insulin-pump trade secret verdict against EOFlow

(Corrects amount of overturned verdict in headline and paragraph 1, adds information on reduced verdict in paragraph 3) By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday overturned a $59 million verdict that medical device maker Insulet won against Korean rival ...
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From biotech to orbit: Rocket One’s AI and space re-brand sends shares flying

May 28 (Reuters) - Shares of biotech-turned-AI company Rocket One jumped around 60% in premarket trading on Thursday, as the stock began trading under its new name and ticker for the first time. Formerly called Hoth Therapeutics, the company had announced earlier this month ...
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Small biotech firms quicker to ‘latch onto’ AI than big ones, says Tencent Healthcare President  

HONG KONG, May 28 (Reuters) - Small biotech firms "latch onto" AI more quickly than bigger firms, the head of Chinese tech giant Tencent's healthcare division said on Thursday, as more businesses embrace AI to improve efficiency. Pharmaceutical companies are also increasingly turning to AI ...
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WHO chief says Ebola testing being scaled up in Congo

BERLIN, May 28 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday on X that, in partnership with the national medical research organization of the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is scaling up Ebola diagnostic capacities in the country to help swiftly contain an ...
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EU secures emergency deliveries of potential treatment against hantavirus

May 28 (Reuters) - The first doses of an experimental antiviral for hantavirus treatment are being dispatched to France, Spain and the Netherlands, the European Commission said on Thursday. In the absence of a specific treatment for hantavirus, the European Medicines Agency identified favipiravir ...
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Factbox-Countries tighten travel rules as Ebola risk rises

May 27 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Saturday, May 17, declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and said there was a high risk it could spread to neighbouring countries. The decision has ...
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WHO urges ceasefire in Congo to contain Ebola as cases surge

(Corrects paragraph 5 to state that North and South Kivu provinces are partially controlled by M23 rebels, not that North Kivu is held by M23 and South Kivu is controlled by the Alliance Fleuve Congo; corrects spelling of town in paragraph 9 to Butembo, ...
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Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surging

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging, and as cases have been confirmed at home after Ugandan health workers were exposed to the disease from ...
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Australia’s Healthscope finds new operator for Mount Private Hospital

May 28 (Reuters) - Australia's HealthCo Healthcare & Wellness REIT said on Thursday Healthscope has agreed to appoint Bethesda Health Care as the new operator of its Mount Private Hospital. Here are some details: • Unlisted Healthcare Fund (UHF) and HealthCo Healthcare own 11 ...
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US puts its focus on keeping Ebola cases out of the country

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday said it must prevent any cases of Ebola from entering the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak has already caused a suspected 220 deaths and ...
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Amazon puts Amwell co-founder in charge of healthcare unit; longtime executive to depart

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (Reuters) - Amazon is putting a doctor in charge of its growing healthcare business. The firm on Wednesday announced Dr. Roy Schoenberg, 58, who co-founded American Well Corp., a telehealth medicine company, will take over the healthcare business starting ...
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Agilent raises 2026 profit forecast on strong demand for lab tools

May 27 (Reuters) - Life sciences firm Agilent Technologies raised its 2026 adjusted profit forecast on Wednesday, anticipating strong demand for its medical tools and equipment used in lab research and diagnostic services. U.S. life sciences and lab-equipment makers, which had struggled with uneven ...
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