Phillips-Medisize introduced a connected health platform to enhance the way people take medication while using connected health devices.
Pfizer objected to the use of its drugs for lethal injection procedures last year by asking states to return the drugs immediately for a refund. But not all of them have halted its utilization. Hence, with an execution planned in Nebraska dated Aug. 14, a state senator is urging Pfizer to prosecute if the drug usage is not halted.
GlaxoSmithKline will be closing its drug manufacturing operations in Bangladesh by the end of this year and will remain only with its healthcare business that produces Sensodyne, Horlicks and Glaxose-D.
A week post Bayer’s announcement on the withdrawal of Essure, its contraceptive implant from the market by this year-end due to inadequate sales, its clinical safety is questioned as consumer and legal stress builds up concerning complaints of extreme fatigue, pain and bleeding.
Novartis has renewed its memorandum of understanding with the World Health Organization (WHO) to lengthen its drug donation for Egaten® (triclabendazole) to 2022 and continues its war against liver fluke. WHO lists Egaten as the only medicine for fascioliasis and also includes it in the Model List of Essential Medicines.
23andMe declared an investment of $300 million on Wednesday, made by GlaxoSmithKline to attain special access to their DNA database.
The opening of a new Biomedical Blockchain Research Center was announced by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Institute for Next Generation Healthcare which aims to solve healthcare and medical science issues with new technologies and data.
In a recent launch, Novartis’ Galaxies of Hope neuroendocrine tumor app received an additional bump from Apple. The “Featured App” status in the first week itself helped in receiving positive reviews and downloads for the community-building app.
Bayer announced on last Friday that it would stop the sales of its Essure birth control system in the United States by the end of this year due to a steady decline in its sales making the product no longer justifiable. Bayer insisted that its decision to discontinue Essure sales is only for business reasons and not for any safety or efficacy concerns.
An organized cyberattack on the Singapore government’s health database caused a leak of 1.5 million patients’ records, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, for nearly an entire week.
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