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What to know about how GLP-1 medications might fight addiction

The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders - and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study finds. An analysis published Wednesday in a medical journal looked at electronic ...
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US FDA’s operations chief to retire, 30-year agency veteran to succeed

By Kamal Choudhury and Sneha S K March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top operations official, Barclay Butler, will retire from federal service, and 30-year agency veteran Melanie Keller is set to take his place next month, according to an ...
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Trump administration widens its anti-fraud efforts with a Medicaid probe in New York

NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in the state a week after it said it was freezing nearly $260 million in Medicaid funding in Minnesota over similar ...
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Maternal mortality rate in the US declines to its lowest since 2018: CDC

(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data published on Thursday.The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, compared maternal deaths in ...
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Drugmaker Aspen targets Mounjaro approval in sub-Saharan Africa this year

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) - Aspen Pharmacare aims to secure sub‑Saharan African approval for Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight‑loss drug Mounjaro as early as this year, its CEO said on Wednesday, capitalising on soaring regional demand for obesity treatments. South Africa-based Aspen's push to ...
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Vatican warns against cosmetic surgery’s ‘cult of the body’

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 4 (Reuters) - Jesus will still love you as you age, even if you have a few wrinkles on your face, according to a Vatican document issued on Wednesday. In a new text approved by Pope Leo, a top Vatican ...
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Mental health startup Grow Therapy valued at $3 billion in latest fundraise

March 3 (Reuters) - Sequoia Capital-backed Grow Therapy has raised $150 million in fresh funding, valuing the mental health startup at $3 billion, it said on Tuesday. The Series D round, which brings its total funding to $328 million, was led by existing investors TCV ...
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US FDA warns 30 telehealth firms over misleading ads for compounded weight‑loss drugs

March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to 30 telehealth companies for making false or misleading claims about compounded versions of popular GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, the agency said on Tuesday. It said some companies made claims that their ...
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Belgium’s UCB in autoimmune drug deal with Antengene

Belgian drugmaker UCB has entered into an agreement to licence Antengene's experimental autoimmune disease therapy ATG-201 and associated technology, paying $60 million up front and over $1.1 billion more if certain milestones are met, the Chinese drugmaker said Wednesday. The deal underscores the "unique" ...
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US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows

NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died ...
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Moderna agrees to pay up to $2.25 billion to settle COVID vaccine patent dispute

By Kamal Choudhury and Blake Brittain March 3 (Reuters) - Moderna has agreed to pay Genevant Sciences, a subsidiary of Roivant Sciences, and Arbutus Biopharma up to $2.25 billion to settle a long-running legal fight over the technology that made its COVID-19 vaccine possible, the ...
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Sino Biopharm unit licenses blood cancer drug to Sanofi for up to $1.53 billion

March 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-listed Sino Biopharmaceutical said on Wednesday its unit has signed an exclusive global licensing deal with French drugmaker Sanofi worth up to $1.53 billion, giving the European pharma giant rights to a blood cancer drug that won Chinese regulatory ...
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