 | | | | GlaxoSmithKline's simple two-drug treatment for HIV works as well as standard triple therapy, even in people with relatively high levels of the virus that causes AIDS, clinical study results presented on Tuesday showed. | | | | | | Changsheng Biotechnology, the Chinese vaccine maker accused of falsifying data, plunged deeper into crisis on Tuesday as both police and the country's top graft watchdog launched investigations into the firm. | | | | | | Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc will move forward with late-stage clinical trials of their Alzheimer's disease drug, BAN2401, and are working with regulators to design the next studies and gain expedited review as a breakthrough therapy. | | | | | | China's top graft buster said on Tuesday that it had begun an investigation into possible corruption at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co, which is at the center of safety scandal that has ignited public anger. | | | | | | Pepperidge Farm, owned by Campbell Soup, is voluntarily recalling 3.3 million units of its Goldfish Crackers due to the possible presence of salmonella, the company said on Monday. | | | | | | International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday accused specialist HIV drugmaker ViiV Healthcare of delaying access for children with the AIDS virus to a critical medicine called dolutegravir. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Generic medicines for many common health problems like high blood pressure and diabetes may cost Medicare patients less when they pay cash instead of using their health insurance, a U.S. study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Americans seem to have developed a very rosy view of marijuana that isn't backed up by science, a new study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Fathers of young children may be almost as likely as new mothers to experience symptoms of depression, a U.S. study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Children's foods that are promoted as gluten-free tend to be lacking in nutritional value and loaded with sugar just like other packaged kids' products on grocery store shelves, a U.S. study suggests. | | | | | | Brazil, already a farm powerhouse, will account for an estimated 70 percent of the world's arable land growth through 2050, Alan Bojanic, a representative for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said during a conference on Monday. | | | | | |
