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All US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship return to home states

June 22 (Reuters) - The University of Nebraska Medical Center said on Monday all 18 U.S.-resident passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship have returned to their home states after completing monitoring at its National Quarantine Unit. Sixteen of those passengers arrived on May ...
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Pfizer’s experimental drug misses main goal of lung cancer trial

By Michael Erman June 22 (Reuters) - Pfizer said on Monday that one of the key experimental drugs it picked up in its $43 billion 2023 acquisition of Seagen failed to improve survival when compared to chemotherapy in a late-stage trial of lung cancer patients ...
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Ebola cases in DRC surpass 1,000 as UNICEF warns millions of children at risk

(NEW YORK) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 1,000 Ebola cases as the country's deadly outbreak continues.The DRC Ministry of Health reported 1,003 confirmed cases and 254 confirmed deaths as of Sunday evening. There are 365 patients either hospitalized or in ...
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European patient access to new drugs worsens, pharma lobby says

By Maggie Fick and Bhanvi Satija LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Patient access to new medicines is worsening across Europe, the region's main pharmaceuticals industry lobby group said as it published research arguing that investment in innovative medicines generates substantial economic and social returns. The ...
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UNAIDS chief urges US to reconsider South Africa funding cut

By David Brunnstrom June 22 (Reuters) - The head of UNAIDS said on Monday she was saddened by U.S. plans to withdraw HIV/AIDS funding for South Africa and urged Washington to reconsider, warning the move could cost lives in the country with the largest number ...
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Chicago anti-violence department proposed; activist dismisses Trump post

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker agrees with an Illinois anti-violence activist who says President Donald Trump is not the person to call for help with violence in Chicago. ...
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‘Half-baked’ Illinois social media tax poised to tee up court challenges

Illinois is poised to be headed back into court to defend another constitutionally questionable law, as tech companies and internet freedom advocates this time take aim at a new measure, jammed through with virtually no discussion by Democratic lawmakers, to impose steep "fees" on ...
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China closing in but US still leads in biotech innovation, survey finds

By Deena Beasley SAN DIEGO, June 22 (Reuters) - China, which now conducts more clinical drug trials than the U.S., still lags in several key areas of biotechnology innovation, according to a recent survey of senior U.S. leaders in industry and academia. The poll, conducted ...
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Merck’s bowel disease drug meets main goal in late-stage trial

June 22 (Reuters) - Merck said on Monday its drug met the main goal in a late-stage trial testing it in patients with a type of inflammatory bowel disease. After 12 weeks, the drug, tulisokibart, showed clinical remission in symptoms of ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis is ...
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US FDA declines to approve Achieve Life Sciences’ smoking-cessation drug

June 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Achieve Life Sciences' drug to treat nicotine dependence in adults, the company said on Monday. The company said the FDA issued a complete response letter citing outstanding manufacturing-related observations at a ...
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Nuvectis gains two experimental drugs in licensing deal with China’s Haisco

June 22 (Reuters) - Nuvectis Pharma said on Monday it had licensed exclusive rights outside China to two experimental drugs from Haisco Pharmaceutical Group, targeting complement-mediated diseases and cancer to broaden its pipeline. Shares of Nuvectis rose about 5% in premarket trading following the news. ...
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China launches inquiry into presence of formamide in diapers, CCTV reports

BEIJING, June 22 (Reuters) - China's state market regulator has launched an inquiry into the presence of formamide in infant diapers, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday. Three diaper brands, Babycare, Huggies and Bibabebe, have said internal tests showed no trace of the substance in ...
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