Contrite, shorn of theatrics – Johnson’s first day at inquiry

Reports of respiratory illness have now reached “high” or “very high” levels across at least 16 state or big city health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as trends of COVID-19 and influenza have accelerated in many parts of the country. And while a fast-growing new COVID variant called JN.1 is estimated…

Health 25 August 2023, 6:39 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Novo Nordisk has hired Thermo Fisher as its second contract manufacturer for its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Novo Chief Financial Officer Karsten Munk Knudsen told Reuters in May the company had signed up a second contract manufacturer in the United States, but…

Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton said she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren’t sure whether she would survive. In an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Retton said while wearing a breathing tube pumping oxygen through her nose that she was…

Reckitt are recalling batches of Nutramigen powders after finding bacteria in an “isolated overseas sample”.

Business & FinanceDealsHealth 14 July 2023, 5:43 pm 1 minute MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (MLTX.O), a developer of an antibody-derived treatment for inflammatory skin conditions, is working with an investment bank and having early-stage conversations with drugmakers interested in a potential acquisition. Market Impact MoonLake’s shares ended trading up 8.4% at $54.27 on the news on Friday,…

A vibrating pill has shown promise in early studies as a possible obesity treatment. Developed by engineers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the capsule is intended to be swallowed prior to eating in order to “trick” the brain into thinking the body is full — thereby reducing the amount of calories consumed. The vibrations…