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Antares Pharma's testosterone drug gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Antares Pharma Inc's drug to treat low testosterone levels in men, the company said, nearly a year after rejecting the injection.

Scientists behind game-changing cancer immunotherapies win Nobel medicine prize

American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday for game-changing discoveries about how to harness and manipulate the immune system to fight cancer.

Virus hurts hopes of fatter returns for Russian pork producers

Russia's pork industry is being hampered by African Swine Fever (ASF) as outbreaks of the virus are preventing producers from exporting more to lucrative Asian markets and leaving them with falling prices at home, industry experts say.

China to lift restrictions where second African swine fever outbreak found

China is set to lift restrictions on an area in central Henan province, where the country's second African swine fever outbreak occurred last month, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday.

China removes restrictions where first African swine fever outbreak found

China has removed restrictions on an area in Shenyang, Liaoning province, where the nation's first African swine fever outbreak was found last month, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday.

China reports H5N6 bird flu case on poultry farm in Guizhou province

China has reported a case of H5N6 avian bird flu on a poultry farm in southwestern Guizhou province, the nation's agriculture ministry said on Saturday.

Insmed's treatment-resistant lung disease drug gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Insmed Inc's lead drug to treat a rare, chronic lung disease, making it the first approved treatment in the United States for the condition.

Sanofi, Regeneron skin cancer drug gets FDA nod

Sanofi SA said on Friday its skin cancer drug, made in partnership with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Childhood secondhand smoke exposure tied to arthritis in adulthood

(Reuters Health) - Women exposed to secondhand smoke as children may be more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than people who didn't breathe cigarette fumes growing up, a French study suggests.

FDA halts imports from China's Huahai after heart drug recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it will no longer allow imports of drug ingredients or medicines made with ingredients produced by China's Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals, after a recall of one of its drugs that contained a probable carcinogen.

Peer support tied to fewer repeat mental health hospitalizations

(Reuters Health) - Adults who have been hospitalized for psychiatric problems may be less likely to be readmitted when they get support from other patients who went through similar experiences, a UK study suggests.

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