Indonesia bans cough syrup sales after child deaths
Jakarta, Indonesia CNN — Indonesia has halted the sale of all syrup and liquid medicines following the deaths of nearly 100 children and an unexplained spike in cases of acute…
FDA panel recommends revoking approval of Makena, the only drug approved to prevent premature births
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted Wednesday to take a drug intended to prevent premature births off the market, saying that it remains doubtful that the…
FDA authorizes Novavax’s Covid shots as mix-and-match booster to Pfizer or Moderna
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized Novavax’s Covid boosters for adults in the U.S., including for people who received Pfizer’s or Moderna’s shots as their primary series. The authorization…
J&J stock dip after earnings beat reflects 2022 outperformance rather than the results
It was a solid quarter for Johnson & Johnson, but the strong dollar is and will remain a headwind for the foreseeable future. Procedure Mask FluidShield Anti-fog Foam Pleated Earloops…
omicron shots substantially boosted BA.5 antibodies in early human data
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Thursday said their new omicron boosters substantially increased protective antibodies against the dominant omicron BA.5 subvariant…
Drug companies in opioid crisis donated $27,000 to Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan
Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, who has made his opponent’s questionable record fighting the opioid epidemic a central theme of his campaign for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat, has received…
Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths among U.S. seniors in 2021
Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths and nearly 700,000 hospitalizations among adult Medicare recipients in 2021, the Health and Human Services Department said in a new report published Friday.…
Eli Lilly 2022 gains grow to 20% as it lays out plan for obesity drug, tirzepatide
Eli Lilly’s drug tirzepatide has been granted “fast track” status by the Food and Drug Administration, which means it could win approval to be prescribed as an obesity treatment as…
How polio silently spread in New York and left a person paralyzed
A research assistant prepares a PCR reaction for polio at a lab at Queens College on August 25, 2022, in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images…
FDA approves controversial new drug designed to slow the progression of ALS
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a controversial new drug designed to slow the progress of Lou Gehrig’s disease, a victory for patients and advocates despite limited evidence…