 | | | | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Israel's Compugen said on Thursday they will collaborate in clinical trials for patients with advanced solid tumors. | | | | | | A new outbreak of African swine fever has been detected in China's northeastern Liaoning province, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, the province's third case this week. | | | | | | The mental health of refugees detained by Australia on the Pacific island of Nauru has deteriorated so badly that some children are in a "semi-comatose state", unable to eat, drink or talk, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Although nail polish manufacturers have begun removing some toxic ingredients, their labels are not always accurate and the reformulated products aren't necessarily safer, suggests a new study. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Having a type of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (AF) may raise an individual's risk of developing dementia, but treating AF with blood thinners seems to reduce that risk, researchers say. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - - Online socializing may weaken the tie between pain and depression for older people, a U.S. study suggests. | | | | | | AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc's shares surged 30 percent on Wednesday after U.S. Food and Administration staff said the company's opioid treatment was safe and effective, bringing it one step closer to a marketing approval. | | | | | | France's highest court threw out on Wednesday a 2015 ruling that cleared a German certifier of negligence after it approved faulty breast implants produced with counterfeit silicone. | | | | | | (This October 8 story has been refilled to correct "transsexual" to "transgender" in paragraph 3) | | | | | | Celltrion Pharm Inc's biosimilar of Roche Holding AG's blockbuster cancer drug, Rituxan, on Wednesday won unanimous backing from an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. | | | | | | (This 28 September story has been refilled as FDA spokesman corrects information to show import ban only applies to a single Huahai factory) | | | | | |
