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UK must spend more on medicines, minister says, as Big Pharma cuts investment

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Britain needs to reverse its declining spend on medicines, science minister Patrick Vallance said on Tuesday, after two major pharmaceutical firms cancelled or paused investments and the industry warned of a difficult operating environment. U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co, known as ...
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US FDA warns Hims & Hers over misleading claims on diabetes, weight-loss drugs

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to telehealth firm Hims & Hers Health regarding its compounded versions of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss treatment Wegovy. The health regulator reviewed Hims’ website in August and found the company ...
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Eli lilly to invest $5 billion in new Virginia plant as pharma braces for tariffs

(Reuters) -Eli Lilly said on Tuesday it will invest $5 billion to build a manufacturing facility in Virginia, the first of four new U.S. plants the drugmaker has planned as it moves to expand domestic production and hedge against potential tariffs. Global pharmaceutical companies have ...
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FDA takes aim at Hims and other telehealth services in drug advertising blitz

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, federal health officials are taking aim at telehealth companies promoting unofficial versions of prescription drugs — including popular weight loss medications — as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pharmaceutical advertising. The Food and Drug Administration on ...
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IL legislator: New public defender law adds costs, takes away local control

(The Center Square) – A new Illinois law creates a statewide office to address public defender staffing gaps, but critics warn of higher costs and added bureaucracy without guaranteed improvements. ...
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The Media Line: Israel Reports Surge in Measles Cases Since April Outbreak  

Israel Reports Surge in Measles Cases Since April Outbreak   By The Media Line Staff  Israel’s Health Ministry announced Monday that 481 new measles cases have been confirmed, raising the total number of infections to 1,251 since the outbreak began in early April. Officials warned that the ...
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Amazon ropes in Fay to offer dietitian services on telehealth platform

(Reuters) -Amazon has teamed up with Fay to provide personalized, insurance-covered dietitian services through the e-commerce giant’s digital health platform, the nutrition care startup said on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The move makes Fay the first nutrition care provider on Amazon’s ...
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Lilly weight-loss pill could be FDA-approved by year-end

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Eli Lilly’s experimental weight-loss pill could be fast-tracked under a one- to two-month review process recently launched by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, several Wall Street analysts said. Analysts speculate that the drug, orforglipron, is a viable candidate given the growing ...
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Rising heat cost Bangladesh $1.8 billion last year, says World Bank

DHAKA (Reuters) -Rising temperatures are taking a mounting toll on Bangladesh, with heat-related illnesses and productivity losses costing the economy up to $1.78 billion – about 0.4% of GDP – in 2024, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday. The study shows that since ...
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Medical device maker Insulet names industry veteran Flavia Pease as CFO

(Reuters) -Medical device maker Insulet said on Tuesday that it appointed industry veteran Flavia Pease as its new chief financial officer and expects to exceed its previously issued third-quarter total revenue growth outlook. Pease succeeds Ana Maria Chadwick, effective September 30. Chadwick will become a senior ...
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Novo Nordisk to test weight-loss drugs in broader range of obesity-linked conditions

By Stine Jacobsen and Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk plans to examine in clinical trials whether its future weight-loss drugs can treat a wide range of health conditions linked to obesity, as it has already begun doing with its blockbuster drug Wegovy. The Danish drugmaker ...
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Greece could ban movement of sheep, goats if smallpox outbreak spreads

ATHENS (Reuters) -Farmers in Greece face the risk of a nationwide ban on the movement of goat and sheep if veterinarians and stockbreeders don’t step up health checks and hygiene measures on livestock to contain an outbreak of smallpox, the government said on Tuesday. The ...
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