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Exclusive-India to force drugmakers to upgrade plants after fatal cough syrup crisis

By Rishika Sadam and Krishna N. Das CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -India has refused drugmakers’ requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 ...
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Trump announces a deal with a manufacturer to make a common fertility drug cheaper for IVF patients

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker EMD Serono will reduce the cost of a common fertility medication through a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Thursday while also unveiling new federal guidance he said will encourage employers to offer fertility coverage. The new ...
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US FDA announces recipients of national priority vouchers

By Sneha S K (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced the names of nine products, under a new fast-track review process, which could potentially get approval within one to two months of filing a complete application. The regulator said it has ...
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China’s Hansoh signs up to $1.45 billion deal for colorectal cancer drug with Roche

(Reuters) -Chinese biotech Hansoh Pharma said on Friday it had signed a licence agreement worth up to $1.45 billion with Roche for an investigational treatment of colorectal cancer and other solid tumours. Hansoh Pharma units Shanghai Hansoh Biomedical and Changzhou Hansoh Pharmaceutical will grant Roche ...
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FDA unveils drugs to receive expedited review in support of ‘national priorities’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced the first round of experimental drugs that will receive drastically expedited reviews at the agency, part of an effort to prioritize medicines the Trump administration deems as “supporting U.S. national interests.” The nine medicines ...
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UK’s drug-cost watchdog recommends use of GSK unit’s HIV prevention drug

(Reuters) -The UK’s drugs cost-effectiveness watchdog has given a positive recommendation for ViiV Healthcare’s HIV drug, enabling access to the preventive medicine via the state health system in England and Wales, the GSK unit said on Friday. The country’s drug regulator had approved ViiV’s injection, ...
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Trump says price of Ozempic will be lowered

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the price of Novo Nordisk’s best-selling weight-loss drug would be lowered and that negotiations over price changes would be swift. Trump made the comments during a White House event on fertility treatments and drug ...
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Retail advocate: ‘Empty storefronts’ will result from Chicago mayor’s budget

(The Center Square) – The mayor of Chicago is touting new taxes in his 2026 budget proposal, but business groups are expressing disappointment and concern. Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed ...
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Illinois quick hits: SNAP to cut Nov. 1 if shutdown continues; Guard-blocking order stays in place

SNAP to cut Nov. 1 if shutdown continues If the federal government shutdown continues past Nov. 1, 1.9 million Illinoisans will lose food assistance. ...
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California to begin selling affordable state-branded insulin beginning next year

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices. But California won’t be the ...
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California mpox cases raise concerns. But health officials say the risk remains low

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Californians diagnosed with mpox may be the first U.S. cases resulting from the local spread of a different version of the virus, health officials said. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services this week confirmed the first ...
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Hanover Park, Illinois, police officer arrested by immigration enforcement

(The Center Square) – A Hanover Park, Illinois, police officer has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for being in the country illegally. As part of a ...
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