Pharmaceuticals

Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said on Tuesday, making it the first country in the world to do so....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve Merck and Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo’s lung cancer treatment, which belongs to a lucrative class of cancer therapies that work like “guided missiles”. The FDA cited findings from...

China has authorized the use of Novo Nordisk’s well-known weight-loss medication Wegovy, the Danish pharmaceutical behemoth announced. Beijing has approved the ground-breaking treatment for those who are overweight or obese and have at least one weight-related...

Nestle, the massive Swiss food company, announced on Tuesday that it will be introducing items in the US for consumers of the growingly popular weight-loss medications. Those who use GLP-1 weight reduction medicine to control type...

Vice President Kamala Harris blasted the bill’s approval by lawmakers in the southern US state of Louisiana on Tuesday, calling it “unconscionable” and making carrying abortion medication illegal. Two different kinds of medications would become restricted...

Reclassifying marijuana as a less hazardous substance would be a historic move that would put federal policy more in line with public opinion, and US President Joe Biden’s administration publicly requested it on Thursday. “No one...

As cases of cholera rise worldwide, the WHO said on Friday that it has authorized a new, less complicated version of the oral vaccine. This should assist expand the number of doses that are available. With...

Novo Nordisk notched a win on Monday in its race to boost output of its popular obesity drug Wegovy, with its parent company announcing it was buying Catalent, a key manufacturing subcontractor of the product, for...

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, Europe’s most valuable company, said Wednesday its net profit soared by 51 percent last year, driven by sales of its popular diabetes and obesity drugs. Novo Nordisk reported a net profit...

Moderna on Monday said its 2023 COVID vaccine sales would be around $6.7 billion, coming in above the lower end of its full-year forecast, and reiterated its goal of returning to sales growth in 2025. Shares...