A new study from Rice University suggests that public reactions to the weight-loss medications go beyond simple admiration or acceptance. In some cases, people who use them may face more criticism than those who do not lose weight at all. The research, led by Erin Standen, an assistant professor of...
Wednesday, Nuvation Bio Inc. (NUVB) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application with updated data for IBTROZI for the treatment of advanced ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer, with a target action date of January 4, 2027. The submission...
A hantavirus-hit Dutch cruise ship is reportedly sailing to Spain's Canary Islands to medically evacuate two crew members to make sure that they receive urgent medical care. A third person who had contact with the diseased German passenger will also be evacuated, media reports say. Hantavirus victims...
The White House says the Trump Administration's Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) drug pricing policy framework to address the major differences in drug prices and contributions to the pharmaceutical innovation enterprise across developed countries is expected to generate $529 billion in domestic savings in the next 10 years across all markets. The Trump Administration has so far reached voluntary MFN pr
In a recent statement, the World Health Organization said there might have been a rare case where hantavirus spread from one person to another on a Dutch cruise ship, where three people have died. On 2 May 2026, the WHO was told about several passengers on the ship who had serious breathing problems....
Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced Phase 2b data from two studies evaluating JNJ-4804 in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. In the DUET-CD study, JNJ-4804a demonstrated higher clinical remission rates and endoscopic response rates than golimumab...
Tuesday, Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) announced new long-term data from the LUCENT-3 open-label extension study in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis treated with Omvoh. The study showed that 63.5 percent of Omvoh-treated patients who achieved disease clearance at one year...
An outbreak of deadly hantavirus aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has triggered an international public health response. The World Health Organization said it is coordinating evacuations and risk assessments following the death of three people and multiple suspected infections on board ...
Researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland, based at University College Cork, have made an important discovery about how coffee affects the body. For the first time, they closely studied how coffee, whether or not it contains caffeine, interacts with the 'gut-brain axis,' the system that connects the digestive...
The number of years that people in Britain can expect to live in good health has fallen sharply over the past decade, with more individuals experiencing illness well before reaching retirement age, according to a new study. Between 2012 and 2014 and 2022 and 2024, healthy life expectancy (HLE) in...
a2 Milk Company Ltd. (ACOPF, A2M.AX), a dairy company, announced a recall of select infant milk formula, manufactured by Synlait Milk Limited and sold only in the United States, citing the presence of cereulide. The recall involves three batches of a2 Platinum USA label infant milk formula, comprising...
Monday, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TAK) announced positive topline data from TAK-881-3001, a pivotal Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating TAK-881 in patients with Primary Immunodeficiency Disease or PID. The trial evaluated the pharmacokinetic, efficacy, safety, tolerability and immunogenicity...
Three people have died and three others are ill following suspected cases of hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the World Health Organization reported. WHO noted that one case of the rodent-borne disease has been confirmed so far and there are five additional suspected cases. WHO...
Bladder cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States- yet it remains one of the least talked about. As Bladder Cancer Awareness Month begins, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is urging the country to pay attention to a disease that affects more than 725,000 people nationwide, with over 84,000 new cases expected this year.
Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (TCNNF) has officially filed applications with the Drug Enforcement Administration to register certain state-sanctioned medical marijuana operations using a new faster track for approval.
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.