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EU regulator recommends positive opinion of AstraZeneca’s experimental breast cancer drug

May 22 (Reuters) - A European Medicines Agency committee said on Friday it has adopted a positive opinion of AstraZeneca's experimental breast cancer drug, camizestrant. The positive opinion comes weeks after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against the treatment, raising concerns ...
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US Ebola patient in Berlin hospital not critically ill, family tests negative

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain has killed over 130 people, is not critically ill and his wife and four children have tested negative, ...
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EMA backs Novo’s Wegovy pill, first oral weight-loss drug for Europe

May 22 (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency recommended approval for Novo Nordisk's weight-loss pill Wegovy, the regulator said on Friday, clearing its path to become the first oral weight-loss drug in Europe, ahead of U.S. rival Eli Lilly. The recommendation comes as competition between ...
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Early childhood screening for type 1 diabetes may be beneficial for patients

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid May 22 (Reuters) - We also report on a large analysis that found little clinical anti-fracture benefit from vitamin D or calcium supplements, and ...
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Air France flight to US diverted to Montreal due to Ebola travel restrictions

TORONTO (AP) - An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris "in error" amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. A spokesperson ...
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CVC, GBL launch €10.7 billion bid to take Italian drugmaker Recordati private

By Elvira Pollina and Giulia Segreti MILAN, May 22 (Reuters) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Belgian investment group Groupe Bruxelles Lambert launched a 10.7 billion euro ($12.43 billion) cash bid for Italy's Recordati on Friday, aiming to take the company private. Italy's fragmented ...
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Inside an African lab that helped crack the hantavirus outbreak

By Jessica Donati DAKAR, May 22 (Reuters) - The call for help came in early May: a cruise ship off Cape Verde was stranded, with passengers suspected of infection by a deadly strain of hantavirus that kills about one in three of its victims. The vessel ...
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UN sends emergency funds and staff to tackle Congo Ebola crisis

GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations is releasing around $60 million from an emergency fund to help contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and deploying more staff, its aid chief said on Friday. "We need to get ahead of ...
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China adds chemicals to narcotics precursor list after Trump visit

BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - China added three chemicals on Friday to its list of controlled precursor chemicals curbing their export to Canada, Mexico and the United States, a week after U.S. and Chinese leaders held a summit in Beijing. The National Narcotics Control Commission ...
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US HHS launches AI initiative to detect fraud and waste in health programs

May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it has launched a new AI-led initiative to review annual audits to strengthen oversight across federally funded health programs amid concerns around widespread fraud. The program, called the Audit Enforcement ...
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Acting head of US NIH infectious disease institute has left, senators say

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The acting director of the U.S. NIH's infectious disease institute has stepped down, two Democratic senators said on Thursday during a Senate hearing, even as the United States scrambles to respond to Ebola and ...
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Moderna, Merck cancer combo cuts melanoma spread risk at five years

May 21 (Reuters) - Moderna and Merck's combination therapy for skin cancer helped reduce risk of cancer spreading to another part of the body by 59% after five years of follow-up, data from a mid-stage trial showed Thursday. The study tested Moderna's experimental personalized cancer ...
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