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US senators question Big Tobacco on lobbying related to FDA policy shift

By Emma Rumney LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Six U.S. senators, including Democratic whip Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren, wrote public letters to tobacco giants Reynolds American and Altria on Thursday to ask questions about donations and lobbying of the Trump administration, saying the companies ...
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FDA launches study of abortion pill safety, WSJ reports

June 4 (Reuters) - The FDA has launched a safety study of the abortion pill, also called mifepristone, a step that could pave the way for the Trump administration to restrict how it is distributed and used, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The ...
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Abbott Labs must face lawsuit over PediaSure children’s growth claims

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories must defend against a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming it misled consumers into believing its PediaSure Grow & Gain nutrition drinks were "clinically proven" to help children grow taller, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. ...
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Illinois passes law to restrict new federal migrant detention centers

(The Center Square) - Lawmakers passed a bill last weekend that will heavily restrict where immigration detention centers can operate in Illinois, as a response to the impacts an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility had on the community in the Village of Broadview ...
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Alcohol tax amendments may be unconstitutional

(The Center Square) - Illinois government officials have proposed amending the way the state taxes alcohol, but the changes may not be constitutional. The 2026 Illinois Register Rules of ...
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What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas. The infestation was discovered in a single 3-week-old calf in La ...
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Lundbeck’s experimental drug cuts migraine days in mid-stage trial

LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Denmark's Lundbeck said on Thursday its experimental drug bocunebart cut monthly migraine days in a mid-stage study, supporting further development of a new type of treatment for migraine, one of the world's most common neurological disorders. Bocunebart targets a migraine-related ...
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Roche chairman likens US tariff policy to ‘blackmail’

ZURICH, June 4 (Reuters) - The chairman of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche hit out at U.S. tariff policies on Thursday, likening them to "blackmail", and said protectionism by the United States and China was the firm's biggest geopolitical concern. Severin Schwan was asked about the ...
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USDA expects to contain screwworm case in Texas, Rollins says

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday that the USDA believes it can contain a case of New World screwworm in Texas, the first case in the state since 1966. "We do not believe this will be ...
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Illinois slaps limits on non-lawyer investor power in law firms

Illinois has become the latest state to restrict the involvement of private equity and other non-lawyer interests in owning or running law firms, enacting legislation supporters say will help to protect the attorney-client relationship and wall off attorney fees from non-lawyers. ...
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Alnylam, Inceptive sign up to $2 billion AI drug discovery deal

June 3 (Reuters) - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday it has teamed up with artificial-intelligence biotech Inceptive in a deal worth up to $2 billion to use AI to speed up discovery of RNA-based medicines. • Drugmaker Alnylam will pay $30 million upfront, including cash ...
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US equipment, experts arrive at Kenya Ebola facility despite court order, protests

By Ammu Kannampilly and David Lewis NAIROBI, June 3 (Reuters) - Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have landed at a base in Kenya where the U.S. government is continuing to build an Ebola quarantine facility despite protests and Kenyan court orders ...
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