Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the COVID-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Gilead Sciences Inc on Thursday posted a higher-than-expected third-quarter profit despite lower sales of its COVID-19 antiviral drug and acquisition expenses, as demand for HIV and cancer drugs remained strong.
Dutch health authorities have culled around 25,000 hens on a farm in the south of the country after the detection of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, the government said on Thursday.
Leading consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to settle claims by hundreds of U.S. local governments and school districts around the country that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction through its work for bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and other drug companies.
Shares in diagnostics group DiaSorin fell over 9% on Thursday despite a hike in its 2022 guidance, with brokers citing a cut to its underlying revenue growth outlook.
Merck & Co on Thursday reported higher-than-expected third-quarter sales and profit on a jump in demand for blockbuster cancer immunotherapy Keytruda and human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil.
Surging energy costs in Europe risk accelerating an exodus of companies critical in the manufacture of essential medicines, further endangering drug supply chains hit by shortages at the height of COVID-19, drug ingredient makers say.
Teladoc Health shares surged 10% in premarket trading on Thursday after the largest listed U.S. telehealth firm onboarded more members than it expected, allaying fears of inflation hitting its consumer-focused mental health unit.
Italy's tax authorities are investigating profits reported by Pfizer Inc's local unit Pfizer Italia srl, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was "not getting out of hand" and that it was still under control, despite an increase in cases that have spread to the capital Kampala.
