[ad_1] Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Moderna fell Monday as Wall Street chewed over new trial results on the personalized cancer vaccine it is developing with Merck. Merck’s shares were relatively flat. The experimental mRNA vaccine, when combined with Merck’s blockbuster drug Keytruda, cut the risk of recurrence of skin cancer…
[ad_1] U.S. abortion pill providers are scrambling to make backup plans as the Supreme Court decides whether to keep restrictions on the key drug mifepristone. Some in-person clinics in New York, California and Kansas will offer mifepristone for now, but are preparing to provide an alternative abortion pill if a subsequent decision essentially bans the…
[ad_1] The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that would ban most abortions after six weeks, when many people don’t know they are pregnant. The bill passed by a vote of 70 to 40, largely along party lines. The measure now goes to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it…
[ad_1] A messy legal fight over the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses risks to the biopharma industry that go beyond the single drug. If a subsequent decision tosses out the pill’s approval, it could potentially stifle innovation in the sector and deter investments in the development of life-changing drugs,…
[ad_1] Juul will pay $462 million to settle claims by six states and Washington D.C. that the vaping company marketed its addictive e-cigarettes to underage teens, five Democratic attorneys general announced Wednesday. The agreement is the largest multi-state settlement the company has reached to date, the attorneys general said during a press conference. It means…
[ad_1] Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023. Moises Avila | AFP | Getty Images Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday requested an immediate hearing on a federal judge’s order suspending the Food and…
[ad_1] Life expectancy in the U.S. is between three and five years lower than the average in other high-income countries — and the gap comes in part from misinformation, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said. “It’s looking worse, not better, over the last several years,” Califf told CNBC in an interview Thursday…
[ad_1] The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration ahead of a free distribution of over the counter rapid Covid-19 test kits to people receiving their vaccines or boosters at Union Station in Los Angeles, California on January 7, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Moderna hopes to offer a new set…
[ad_1] Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 12, 2022. George Frey | Reuters A federal judge’s ruling could take the abortion pill mifepristone off the market — but there is another medication that could provide an alternative for people seeking to terminate their pregnancies. Three states…
[ad_1] The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine awaits administration at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California on December 15, 2021. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Moderna on Tuesday said it expects to see between $8 billion and $15 billion in sales from its Covid, RSV, flu and other respiratory vaccines in 2027. The…
