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Singapore tests two residents for hantavirus after cruise outbreak

May 7 (Reuters) - Singapore has isolated and is testing two residents who were onboard a cruise ship linked to a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on Thursday. Countries worldwide are tracking passengers on the virus-hit ship to prevent further ...
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Biotech firm Odyssey raises $279 million in upsized US IPO

May 7 (Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Odyssey Therapeutics has raised $279 million in its upsized U.S. initial public offering, the company said on Thursday. The Boston-based company sold 15.5 million shares at $18 apiece, compared with its marketed range of $16 to $18 per share. U.S. ...
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Gilead raises 2026 sales forecast, cuts profit outlook due to acquisitions

By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES, May 7 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences on Thursday posted a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit and raised its outlook for 2026 sales, but said it now expects a loss for the year due to charges and financing costs related to recent acquisitions. The ...
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McKesson expects 2027 profit slightly above estimates on drug distribution strength

May 7 (Reuters) - McKesson forecast 2027 profit slightly above Wall Street expectations after beating first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the U.S. drug distributor banks on strength in its oncology and specialty drug businesses. McKesson and peers, including Cardinal Health and Cencora, are capitalizing ...
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A timeline of the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak and when passengers fell sick

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - An outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over weeks on a cruise ship as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. At least three passengers have died and several others are sick and were evacuated from the ship. Health authorities ...
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How public health officials are tracing contacts of hantavirus victims

NEW YORK (AP) - Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials confident the recent outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three people will not turn into an epidemic. But, still, they need to make sure. So health officials ...
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US FDA issues recall of Boston Scientific heart devices

May 7 (Reuters) - Boston Scientific has issued an urgent recall to correct several heart devices after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified the action as its most serious recall, the regulator said on Thursday. Here are some details: • The recall does not ...
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‘This is not the start of a COVID pandemic,’ WHO says of suspected hantavirus cluster on cruise ship

(LONDON) -- An epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the suspected hantavirus cluster aboard a cruise ship is not the beginning of another COVID-19 pandemic.Eight cases are currently being reported by the WHO, including five laboratory-confirmed cases and three suspected ...
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Becton Dickinson raises annual profit forecast on strength in drug delivery devices

May 7 (Reuters) - Becton Dickinson raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, riding strong demand for its drug-delivery devices and surgical equipment, and appointed Vitor Roque as its chief financial officer. Shares of the company, which makes and distributes medical and surgical products such ...
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Charles River beats quarterly estimates on steady demand for drug development services

May 7 (Reuters) - Contract drug developer Charles River Laboratories on Thursday beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter results, helped by improved demand for its drug discovery and development services. Here are more details: • Charles River's positive results point to a gradual rebound for contract ...
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Analysis-Novo and Lilly gain on signs weight-loss pills could expand the market

By Bhanvi Satija, Stine Jacobsen and Maggie Fick LONDON/COPENHAGEN, May 7 (Reuters) - Early data from weight-loss pills are lifting shares in Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly as investors bet that easier-to-take drugs could expand the market to millions more patients and help counter pricing ...
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FDA’s new playbook: Lots of media announcements but not much rulemaking

WASHINGTON (AP) - In one of his first major announcements as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called a news conference to unveil a plan to "phase out" synthetic food dyes. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary opened the event by saying his agency ...
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