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Health Rounds: Eliquis proves safer than Xarelto for patients with deep blood clots

March 13 (Reuters) - A trial directly comparing Eliquis and Xarelto - two commonly used blood-thinning drugs from the same class of medicines - found that Eliquis carries a clearly lower risk of dangerous bleeding in patients with clots deep in the body, researchers ...
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China approves market launch of brain-computer interface medical device in world first

HONG KONG, March 13 (Reuters) - China's drug regulator said on Friday that it has given the nod for a brain-computer interface (BCI) system that helps restore hand-movement ability to be sold, the world's first approval of a BCI device for commercial use. • The ...
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Ultragenyx’s gene therapy helps control ammonia levels in late-stage study

March 12 (Reuters) - Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical said on Thursday its experimental gene therapy helped patients in a late-stage trial to better control ammonia levels linked to a rare inherited disorder. The therapy, called DTX301, improved a key measure of ammonia control by 18% after 36 ...
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Grail CEO Bob Ragusa to retire, Josh Ofman named successor

March 12 (Reuters) - Cancer test maker Grail said on Thursday that chief executive Bob Ragusa will retire effective June 1, and the company's president, Josh Ofman, will take over the helm. Here are some details: * Ragusa, who became CEO ...
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Insulet recalls some insulin devices in US over leakage risk

March 12 (Reuters) - Insulet has recalled specific batches of its insulin-delivery pods in the U.S. after finding a manufacturing defect that could stop diabetic users from getting their full dose of the blood sugar-regulating hormone, the medical device maker said on Thursday. Shares of ...
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European rights body says abortion refusal complaints in Poland have ceased

(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to indicate that no complaints have been made to Polish authorities, not the European Court of Human Rights; removes reference to European Court of Human Rights in paragraphs 1 and 5) WARSAW, March 12 (Reuters) - The number of legal ...
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Chicago voters view housing affordability as bigger issue than crime

(The Center Square) - With local property taxes rising, Illinois State Rep. Dan Ugaste takes news that most voters now consider housing affordability to be a greater concern than crime in stride. ...
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Abivax spokesperson denies takeover rumors reported by French media

By Sabrina Valle NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - Biotechnology company Abivax dismissed information published by French media publication "La Lettre" saying it had granted AstraZeneca exclusive access to confidential information until March 23 to allow the British pharmaceutical giant to formalise a takeover offer. "We ...
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Spain’s Almirall in talks with ‘dozens’ of firms to license China assets, CEO says

By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI, March 12 (Reuters) - Almirall is in talks with "dozens" of companies from China to license rights to medicines for other markets, CEO Carlos Gallardo said on Thursday, as the Spanish pharmaceutical company competes with rivals to expand portfolios of popular ...
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Lilly finds impurity in compounded version of its weight-loss drug, warns of health risks

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Compounded weight-loss drugs that contain vitamin B12 and the main ingredient in Eli Lilly's Zepbound could present health risks to consumers due to a previously unidentified impurity caused in the preparation, the U.S. drugmaker said in a public letter ...
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Health Rounds: Death from dementia on the rise among people with type 2 diabetes

By Nancy Lapid March 11 (Reuters) - In people with type 2 diabetes in the world's richest countries, deaths from cardiovascular disease are declining while mortality from dementia is on the rise, a large analysis has found. Newer diabetes medicines, including GLP-1s such as Eli ...
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WHO confirms 18 attacks on healthcare sites in Iran

March 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it has verified 18 attacks on healthcare centers in Iran since the start of the U.S. and Israel war on Iran on February 28, which has resulted in 8 deaths among health ...
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