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US FDA adds strongest warning to Sarepta’s Elevidys after fatal liver injuries

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it approved new labeling for Sarepta Therapeutics' gene therapy Elevidys that includes its most serious safety warning and restricts use of the treatment to walking patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The agency added a boxed ...
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Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks

NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers have reported what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy that can be triggered by tick bites. A 47-year-old New Jersey man died last year from alpha-gal syndrome, which in 2011 was first linked to ...
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Boeing to pay $36M to family of Indian woman killed in Ethiopia Air crash

The family of a woman from India who died in a 2019 airliner crash could receive nearly $35 million from Boeing, under a jury verdict and negotiated settlement with aircraft maker Boeing. ...
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Judge: Biden-era decree deal requires release of 600+ from ICE detention

A Chicago federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has ruled potentially hundreds of illegal immigrants must be released from federal custody, because the judge determined ICE and Border Patrol under President Donald Trump may have violated a deal struck between the Biden ...
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New Jersey man believed to be 1st known death from red meat allergy linked to tick bites

(NEW YORK) -- A New Jersey man is believed to be the first documented death from alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by tick bites.The man, a 47-year-old airline pilot, was otherwise healthy, according to a case study from researchers at the University of ...
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Ethiopia confirms outbreak infecting nine was caused by Marburg virus, WHO says

(Reuters) -Ethiopia has confirmed that an outbreak infecting at least nine people in the south was caused by the deadly Marburg virus, the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday in a post on X. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Barcelona; ...
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Germany reverses cuts to global polio fund after virus traces found at home

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has gone back on plans to cut its contribution to a global fund to support the eradication of polio after authorities found traces of a variant of the disease in Hamburg wastewater, officials said on Friday. In last-minute negotiations finalising ...
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Novo Nordisk shareholders approve new board chair

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk's top shareholder forced through an overhaul of the Wegovy-maker's board at a shareholder meeting on Friday, asserting control in a move that sparked protests by some investors over governance concerns. The boardroom shake-up, which erupted when ...
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Alkermes reviewing options after Lundbeck makes unsolicited bid for Avadel

(Reuters) -Alkermes said on Friday it is reviewing its options with advisers after Avadel Pharmaceuticals disclosed it had received an unsolicited takeover proposal from Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck. Shares of Avadel soared over 20% in premarket trading. The proposal comes weeks after Alkermes agreed to ...
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Sanofi’s type 1 diabetes drug recommended for EU approval

(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency's committee has recommended approval of French drugmaker Sanofi's first-of-its-kind drug that delays onset of the insulin-dependent stage 3 of type 1 diabetes, it said on Friday. Teizeild, chemically known as teplizumab, was already approved in the U.S. in November 2022 ...
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Merck bets on flu prevention with $9.2 billion deal for Cidara Therapeutics

(Reuters) - Merck will acquire Cidara Therapeutics in a nearly $9.2 billion deal, the companies said on Friday, gaining access to an experimental drug for flu prevention. Merck is looking to diversify its revenue beyond Keytruda as its patents for the blockbuster drug begin to ...
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Health Rounds: Lilly blood thinner tops AstraZeneca’s for heart procedure patients with diabetes

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Blood-thinning drugs that doctors often prescribe interchangeably after procedures to reopen narrowed heart arteries don't work equally ...
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