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| AstraZeneca buys heart firm Omthera for up to $443 million Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:14 AM PDT By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is to buy Omthera Pharmaceuticals for as much as $443 million to build up its cardiovascular drug business, a priority area for Britain's second-biggest drugmaker. The acquisition of the U.S.-based specialist in fish oil-derived medicine underscores a drive by new Chief Executive Pascal Soriot to revive AstraZeneca's fortunes through a series of bolt-on deals. It is his second purchase in the cardiovascular field, following the acquisition last month of AlphaCore Pharma, a small early-stage U.S. biotechnology company. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Europe's lead over U.S. on heart device approvals Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:07 AM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. cardiologists have become increasingly frustrated by lengthy delays in approvals of medical technology used in heart procedures, often coming three years or more after European approvals. The following are some heart-related devices in use in Europe that are either awaiting U.S. approval or were approved in the United States long after becoming available to European patients. CE Mark is the designation for European approval. ... Full Story | Top |
| Heart device approval delays leave U.S. doctors frustrated Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:06 AM PDT  By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans accustomed to immediate access to the newest technology may be shocked to find that is not the case when it comes to devices that treat ailing hearts. U.S. approval requirements for cardiac devices are much more stringent than in Europe, where there is no centralized decision-making body. But a growing number of U.S. heart doctors feel the regulations are so demanding that patients are being denied access to beneficial therapies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chinese city bans anti-refinery protests ahead of trade fair Monday, May 27, 2013 11:48 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The government of the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Tuesday banned residents from protesting next week against planned chemical production at a refinery, the ban coinciding with the opening of an important trade fair. An increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to a China's policy of growth at all costs, which has fuelled the economy for three decades, with the environment emerging as a focus of concern and protests. ... Full Story | Top |
| Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe Monday, May 27, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  BEIJING (Reuters) - Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported, in a case which has sparked anger on social media sites. There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, a problem attributed variously to young mothers unaware they were pregnant, the birth of an unwanted girl in a society which puts greater value on boys or China's strict family planning rules. ... Full Story | Top |
| Toronto mayor loses two more top aides after crack scandal Monday, May 27, 2013 03:10 PM PDT  By Julie Gordon and Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Two top aides quit Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's office on Monday as the embattled leader of Canada's biggest city faces lingering allegations he was caught smoking crack cocaine on video, accusations he has firmly denied. The departures of the mayor's press secretary and deputy press secretary came just days after Ford fired his chief of staff. The mayor confirmed on Monday that both George Christopoulos and Isaac Ransom left of their own accord. ... Full Story | Top |
| Patient communication has room to grow: studies Monday, May 27, 2013 01:04 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's room - and need - for improvement in the discussions between doctor and patient that go into medical decision-making, according to research out on Monday. In four studies and a commentary published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the authors look at various aspects of doctors' dialogue with patients about prognoses, options and treatment preferences and find little consistency. ... Full Story | Top |
| H1N1 flu outbreak kills 17 in Venezuela: media Monday, May 27, 2013 12:46 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - An outbreak of H1N1 flu has killed 17 people in Venezuela and infected another 250, private media and local authorities said on Monday. H1N1, often referred to as swine flu, was a flu strain that swept around in the world in a 2009/2010 pandemic. "We're suffering a tail-end of the pandemic," a former Venezuelan health minister, Rafael Orihuela, told a local TV station, commenting on the widespread reports of 17 deaths in the South American nation of 29 million people. Most of the cases were in border states near Colombia. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kenya president faces salary reform rebellion by MPs Monday, May 27, 2013 04:31 AM PDT  By James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's new President Uhuru Kenyatta faces an early test of his reform plans to cut spending and create new jobs, with lawmakers seeking huge pay hikes for themselves. Kenyatta, who won a closely-fought March 4 election, has backed a move by a state agency to cut salaries for members of parliament, among the best-paid legislators in the world, whose pay is a source of popular anger. ... Full Story | Top |
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