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US proposes easing limits on cancer-causing gas used to clean medical devices

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is proposing to lift some limits on the use of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used for sterilization, saying previous constraints imposed under former President Joe Biden may hamper medical device makers' ability to clean their ...
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GSK and Amgen to add medicines to TrumpRx, Fox Business reports

March 13 (Reuters) - GSK and Amgen will add their medicines to TrumpRX, the prescription drug website launched by President Donald Trump's administration, Fox Business reported on Friday. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Costas Pitas; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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EPA moves to weaken pollution limits on chemical used to sterilize medical equipment

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean ...
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Flu vaccines didn’t work that well in the US, officials find

NEW YORK (AP) - As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn't work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade. A new strain that dominated the early winter was not well matched ...
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GSK gets US FDA approval for expanded use of RSV vaccine

March 13 (Reuters) - British drugmaker GSK said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the approved age range for its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, Arexvy, to include adults aged 18 to 49 who are at increased risk of lower respiratory ...
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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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