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| Amgen to make move into Japan, takes on Astellas as partner Tuesday, May 28, 2013 09:45 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Amgen Inc, the world's largest biotechnology company, said it entered into a long-term collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc and will form a joint venture with the Japanese drugmaker to provide new medicines in Japan. Amgen management told a meeting of investors and analysts in February that it planned to expand its business into major Asian markets in 2015 and 2016 and called its lack of presence in Japan and China "a noticeable gap." Wednesday's announcement takes a major step toward filling that gap. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nike drops partnership with Lance Armstrong-founded charity Tuesday, May 28, 2013 08:27 PM PDT  By Phil Wahba (Reuters) - Nike Inc is dropping its partnership with the Livestrong Foundation, the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, the latest repercussion from the doping scandal that last year stripped him of his titles. Nike said on Tuesday it would end production of its Livestrong gear and apparel after the 2013 holiday line, concluding a long-standing licensing agreement for footwear and apparel between the two that helped Livestrong raise a total of $100 million over the course of the partnership. ... Full Story | Top |
| New vaccine protects kids against hand, foot and mouth disease Tuesday, May 28, 2013 03:30 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have developed the first vaccine to protect children against a virus called enterovirus 71, or EV71, that causes the common and sometimes deadly hand, foot and mouth disease. The new inactivated EV71 vaccine, made by Beijing Vigoo Biological, was developed for use in the Asia-Pacific region, which accounts for most of the serious cases of the disease that can cause potentially fatal meningitis and encephalitis. ... Full Story | Top |
| First coronavirus sufferer in France dies in hospital Tuesday, May 28, 2013 01:41 PM PDT By Pierre Savary LILLE, France (Reuters) - France reported its first death from the new SARS-like coronavirus on Tuesday and Saudi Arabia, where the virus first emerged last year, said there were five new cases. French Health Minister Marisol Touraine sent her condolences to the family of the 65-year-old man who died in hospital in the northern city of Lille after visiting Dubai, bringing the worldwide death toll to 23. ... Full Story | Top |
| More Colorado kids ate pot after medical use legalized Tuesday, May 28, 2013 01:04 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fourteen kids were treated at one Colorado emergency room for accidentally ingesting marijuana after the drug became legal for medical use there in late 2009, according to a new study. In comparison, no children seen for a possible accidental poisoning had pot in their system in the four years before the change in laws, researchers looking back at ER records found. "These products are now commercially available and have high amounts of THC in them," said Dr. George Wang, who led the new study at Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver. ... Full Story | Top |
| Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:29 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 |
| Insight: Pork industry hunts for deadly pig virus Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  By P.J. Huffstutter Chicago (Reuters) - The sudden and widespread appearance of a swine virus deadly to young pigs - one never before seen in North America - is raising questions about the bio-security shield designed to protect the U.S. food supply. The swine-only virus, the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), poses no danger to humans or other animals, and the meat from infected pigs is safe for people to eat. Though previously seen in parts of Asia and Europe, the virus now has spread into five leading hog-raising U.S. states. How it arrived in the United States remains a mystery. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fewer tobacco products, but not alcohol, in movies Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:05 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Movie characters smoke less since 1998 regulations that stopped tobacco companies from buying on-screen brand placements, according to a new study. But at the same time, researchers found the number of alcohol brand appearances has increased in popular movies rated PG-13 and below, and the amount of time characters spend drinking hasn't changed. "These results are of great concern," said David Jernigan, head of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brutal murder of teenager overshadows Italy women's rights vote Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:38 AM PDT By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Italy's lower house ratified on Tuesday a treaty combating violence against women in a session overshadowed by the brutal murder of a teenager that has shocked a country dogged by lingering machismo and inequality between the sexes. The Council of Europe Istanbul convention is intended to reinforce measures to protect women from violence and has had particular resonance in Italy following a horrific series of murders and acid attacks on women in recent months. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pesticides again tied to Parkinson's disease Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:36 AM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals is linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a fresh look at some past research. Dr. James Bower, a neurologist from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said the finding is consistent with previous research but the study still can't prove that pesticides cause people to develop the neurological condition. "We're definitely learning that Parkinson's disease is not caused by one thing. ... Full Story | Top |
| Irish government backs ban on cigarette pack branding Tuesday, May 28, 2013 09:12 AM PDT  By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to become the first country in the European Union to ban branding on cigarette packages by using plain packaging and uniform labeling, the government said on Tuesday. All trademarks, logos, colors and graphics will be removed from tobacco products sold in Ireland under the new rules, the Health Ministry said, after the proposal secured backing from the government. ... Full Story | Top |
| Justices decline to hear Planned Parenthood funding case Tuesday, May 28, 2013 07:13 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a victory for Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider whether the state of Indiana can prevent the nonprofit, which is the country's largest provider of abortions, from receiving federal Medicaid funding for any medical services it offers to low-income people. Supporters of the law, which was blocked by an appeals court, had wanted to prohibit any government funding of Planned Parenthood's medical programs, such as cancer and HIV screenings, because the group also provides abortion services. ... Full Story | Top |
| Drug resistance in new China bird flu raises concern Tuesday, May 28, 2013 07:09 AM PDT  By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - The new bird flu strain that has killed 36 people in China has proved resistant to Tamiflu for the first time, a development scientists said was "concerning". The H7N9 virus was found to be resistant to Roche's widely used flu drug in three out of 14 patients who were studied in detail by doctors from Shanghai and Hong Kong. Tamiflu, which is given as a pill, belongs to a group of medicines known as neuraminidase inhibitors that currently offer the only known treatment option for bird flu. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Biotech's bull run starts to look frothy Tuesday, May 28, 2013 05:16 AM PDT By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Biotech stocks are so hot that even some of the bulls are starting to find themselves on edge. An index of biotech drugmakers' shares has climbed nearly 50 percent in the past 12 months to all-time highs as the industry starts to launch drugs developed by identifying genes associated with disease - a revolution made possible by decoding the first human genome more than 10 years ago. ... Full Story | Top |
| Valeant says FDA denies approval to nail infection drug Tuesday, May 28, 2013 04:49 AM PDT (Reuters) - Canada drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied approval for its drug to treat onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail. The U.S. health regulator raised questions about manufacturing and controls related to the drug's container in a complete response letter to the company. Valeant said the FDA did not raise any questions regarding the efficacy or safety of the drug efinaconazole. The company said it was working on a timely response to the FDA. ... Full Story | Top |
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