European Union veterinary experts agreed on Thursday to let all of Britain, except part of the county of Surrey, resume exports of live animals, meat and dairy products to other EU countries, the EU executive said.
Russia banned poultry imports from Italy starting Monday to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus after outbreaks in the EU member state, but Italy said the strain was not dangerous and the ban impact was negligible.
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc posted a quarterly loss, forecast its outlook for the year below Wall Street expectation and indicated that its key drug may face competition from a generic version.
Dendreon Corp. (Nasdaq: DNDN) said its breast cancer vaccine Neuvenge appeared to be safe, according to results of an initial study.
Widely used blood thinner warfarin will come with new instructions explaining that people with certain genes may need a lower dose to take the drug safely, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
Britain said on Wednesday it would ease restrictions on livestock movements and was likely to stand down vaccination teams after initial tests for foot and mouth disease at a farm and theme park proved negative.
British authorities said on Tuesday they were investigating two new suspected cases of foot and mouth disease, raising fears that an existing outbreak of the livestock disease may not have been contained.
Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc is gearing up for cost cuts as it weathers a siege on its lucrative anemia drug business that accounted for about half of its sales last year.
Infrared thermometers that take a person's temperature with a sweep of the forehead may not be as accurate as old-fashioned measures, a study suggests.
Chinese-made toys are overwhelmingly safe and the number of unsafe products is dwarfed by the total export value, state media said on Friday, a week after Mattel pulled goods because of fears about lead in paint.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown reassured farmers on Friday that an outbreak of foot and mouth was restricted to a limited area of Britain and promised swift compensation for those hit by the livestock disease.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of Pfizer Inc's blockbuster cholesterol-lowering medicine Lipitor by five new categories, including one to reduce the risk of non-fatal heart attacks and strokes, the company said on Wednesday.
U.S. and Canadian regulators said on Thursday they were reviewing AstraZeneca Plc's widely used stomach drugs, Nexium and Prilosec, after data raised concern about heart problems with long-term use.
China has banned two factories from exporting toys after a high-profile recall of Mattel products including Big Bird and Elmo because of fears about lead in paint.
Farmers in Britain resumed sending animals to slaughter on Thursday after a ban on the movement of livestock to prevent an outbreak of foot and mouth disease from spreading was lifted in most of the country.
As private insurers shift the payment burden to patients, U.S. hospitals increasingly find themselves in the undesirable role of debt collector.
India's leading biotechnology enterprise, Biocon, has inked an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Neopharma to establish a joint venture company NeoBiocon to develop specialty bio-pharmaceutical products and provide biotherapeutics for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia should stay on the U.S. market, even though data suggest it may increase the risk of a heart attack for some patients, an advisory panel said on Monday in a 22-1 vote.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's widely used diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled off the market, U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientist David Graham said in a presentation prepared for delivery on Monday.
Medical technology company Medtronic Inc. said on Friday that it would acquire Kyphon Inc. for $3.9 billion to expand its spinal treatment business. Medtronic will acquire all of medical device maker Kyphon's outstanding stock and pay about $71 per share in cash. The offer represents a 32 percent premium over Kyphon's closing price on Thursday, the company said.
Mexico will use $206 million confiscated in what officials call the world's biggest drug cash seizure to fund programs for addicts and strengthen the justice system, the government said on Thursday.
A patient who became ill following two experimental gene therapy injections for arthritis has died and U.S. health regulators are investigating the cause, officials said on Thursday.
