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British expats force Spanish healthcare rethink Jul 4, 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Britons living in the southeastern Spanish region of Valencia have forced the local government to drop plans to strip thousands of expatriates of the right to public healthcare, campaigners said on Friday. |
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Cadila sets share swap ratio for consumer unit demerger Jul 4, 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Cadila Healthcare Ltd's shareholders will get 4 shares in subsidiary Carnation Nutra-Analogue Foods Ltd for every 15 held, following the merger of its consumer products division into Carnation, the drug firm said. |
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Czech central bank says received Sanofi bid Jul 4, 2008
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech central bank (CNB) has received for a review a takeover proposal from Sanofi-Aventis for generic drug maker Zentiva, a CNB spokesman said on Friday. |
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USANA Health says board rejects CEO's amended offer Jul 4, 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - USANA Health Sciences Inc said its board asked shareholders to reject the amended tender offer by a group led by its chief executive to take the nutritional and personal care products maker private. |
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Bentley says Teva to pay reduced price to adjust CPEX spin-off Jul 4, 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Bentley Pharmaceuticals Inc said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will now pay a reduced price of $14.82 per share for the company after adjusting the spin-off of its drug delivery business, CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
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Combination drug appears useful for hand osteoarthritis Jul 4, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The synergistic drug candidate CRx-102, which combines dipyridamole with low dose prednisolone, is a safe and effective treatment for reducing pain in patients with hand osteoarthritis, according to a report in the June 19th issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. |
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SGA children may develop visceral adiposity without being overweight Jul 4, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born small for gestational age (SGA) are prone to develop visceral adiposity, sometimes without being overweight, Spanish and Belgian researchers report in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. |
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High-risk HPV DNA detected in human breast milk Jul 4, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Human papillomavirus-16 (HPV-16) DNA can be detected in human breast milk collected during the early postpartum period, researchers in Finland report in the June issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. |
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Zeltia eyes revenue boost from cancer drug -report Jul 4, 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish pharmaceutical company Zeltia expects to boost revenue after approval for its cancer drug Yondelis is extended to ovarian cancer treatment, financial daily Negocio said on Friday. |
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Polish watchdog clears Richter buy of Polpharma Jul 4, 2008
WARSAW/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Poland's competition authority on Friday cleared the purchase of Polpharma by Hungary's Richter Gedeon, paving the way for the creation of central Europe's top pharmaceuticals group. |
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Panacea Biotec to set up hospital, shares rise Jul 4, 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Drugmaker Panacea Biotec Ltd said on Friday it would set up a multi-specialty hospital near Delhi in collaboration with a private firm, marking its foray into healthcare services and lifting the shares. |
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"Better treatment" seen needed for endometriosis Jul 4, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Local laparoscopic excision of endometriotic lesions is associated with good short-term outcomes but has a high reoperation rate in the long run. Hysterectomy, on the other hand, while "too radical," is associated with a low reoperation rate, and preservation of the ovaries is a "viable option." |
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Imported cases of falciparum malaria increasing in the UK Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the last 20 years, a steady rise in imported cases of falciparum malaria has been seen in the UK, despite the existence of highly effective prevention measures, according to a report in the July 4th Online First issue of The British Medical Journal. |
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Sex mismatches in kidney transplantation affect risk of graft failure Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Graft failure is more common when male donor kidneys are transplanted into female recipients than with any other sex combination of donors and recipients, Swiss and German investigators report in the July 5th issue of The Lancet. The finding suggests an immunologic effect related to the male Y chromosome-encoded histocompatability (H-Y) antigen. |
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HMO stocks fall as Aetna, UnitedHealth downgraded Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health-insurer stocks fell broadly on Thursday, with several hitting multi-year lows, following analysts' downgrades on Aetna and UnitedHealth Group and continued pessimism about the beaten-down group's prospects. |
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Alabama offers 30-day window in Medicaid drug case Jul 3, 2008
MONTGOMERY (Reuters) - Alabama said on Thursday it would offer the 69 drug companies it sued over alleged Medicaid price fixing 30 days to reach a settlement before taking further legal action. |
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Adolor: FDA lifts hold on bowel drug Jul 3, 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Adolor Corp said U. S. health regulators lifted a clinical hold on its drug Entereg, which is being developed to treat bowel dysfunction in patients on opioid therapy, but said partner GlaxoSmithKline may be mulling dropping out of their development deal. |
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Abbott's drug-coated heart stent wins US approval Jul 3, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories Inc's drug-coated coronary stent, called Xience, won approval on Wednesday, becoming the latest entry into a multibillion-dollar market that includes devices sold by Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific and Medtronic Inc. |
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ARYx shares fall after P&G cancels constipation drug deal Jul 3, 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Shares of ARYx Therapeutics Inc fell as much as 23 percent Thursday, a day after partner Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals cancelled their collaboration on a product to treat gastrointestinal disorders despite positive cardiac safety study results. |
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Eicosapentaenoic acid helps in secondary but not primary prevention of stroke Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among hypercholesterolemic patients on a low-dose statin, the addition of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) did not reduce the occurrence of a first stroke but did lower recurrence rates in those with a history of stroke, according to a Japanese study published in the July issue of Stroke. |
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"Red tide" algal bloom to blame for cluster of respiratory illnesses Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Several cases of respiratory illness that occurred last year in northeastern Florida were brought on by exposure to a so-called red tide caused by the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, health officials conclude in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for July 4. |
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Rite Aid June same-store sales down 0.4 pct Jul 3, 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Rite Aid Corp, the No. 3 U.S. drugstore chain, said June sales at stores open at least one year fell 0.4 percent, hurt by lower sales at its Brooks and Eckerd drugstores. |
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Aetna, Health Net drop as Goldman deems them "sell" Jul 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aetna Inc shares dropped 5 percent and Health Net Inc tumbled 10 percent after a Goldman Sachs analyst slapped "sell" ratings on the two health insurers' stocks on Thursday. |
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