Pharma

Exclusive-Germany's Stada asks Berlin to help secure its future in U...

April 05, 2023 03:22 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Stada has asked the German government to seek assurances from Ukraine that the company can c...

Novartis launches new share buyback for up to 10% of its stock

March 13, 2023 05:19 PM AEDT | By Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has launched a new share buyback programme to purchase up to 10% of the pharma company's own shares over the next three ye...

Russia's Putin says stockpile needed to curb drug shortages

January 25, 2023 01:18 AM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that there were shortages of some medicines in Russia, despite the country producing more of its...

Putin says Russian pharmacies are short on some medicines

January 25, 2023 12:02 AM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that there were shortages of some medicines in Russia and that prices had gone up, despite the co...

Indonesia court hears class-action suit after children die from tain...

January 17, 2023 07:33 PM AEDT | By Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Families of Indonesian children who died because of tainted cough syrup demanded restitution as an Indonesian court on Tuesday sta...

U.S. to announce list of drugs for pricing negotiations Sept. 1

January 12, 2023 03:11 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will announce a list of 10 prescription drugs for which it plans to negotiate the price...

U.S. extends COVID-19 public health emergency status - CNBC

January 12, 2023 02:42 AM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic's status as a public health emergency until April, CNBC reported on Wednesday...

U.S. FDA grants priority review to Roche's bispecific antibody Glofi...

January 06, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche announced on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to the Swiss pharmaceutical company's b...

Japan's Meiji Holdings says drug unit started late-stage trial for C...

December 13, 2022 05:47 PM AEDT | By Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Meiji Holdings Co said on Tuesday its drug subsidiary had started a Phase III trial of an mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19. M...

Malaria deaths dip in 2021 after rising in first year of COVID, says...

December 08, 2022 10:17 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Pratik Jain (Reuters) - Malaria-related deaths fell slightly in 2021 after a significant increase in the first year of COVID-19, but remained highe...

COVID hit HIV detection in Europe, threatens eradication progress

December 01, 2022 04:27 AM AEDT | By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people in Europe with undiagnosed HIV has risen as testing rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening a glo...