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White House to announce new drug pricing deals with biotechs, Bloomberg News reports
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (100+ words) Aug 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to announce a new round of drug-pricing agreements with midsize biotech companies on Monday, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar to the ma... White House to announce new drug pricing…...
More US employers to drop weight-loss drugs in 2027, as healthcare costs increase
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (363+ words) NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) – About 14% of employers in the United States have already or plan to drop GLP-1 drugs in 2027, as companies see rising healthcare costs, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the Business Group on Health. Healthcare…...
Germany’s ageing population pushes social spending to record high, Ifo says
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (195+ words) BERLIN, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Combined spending related to old age and illness accounted for around 70% of total social spending in Germany last year, pushing the social budget to a new record high, according to an analysis by the Ifo institute published…...
Sonova unveils new AI-powered hearing-aid platform to support growth targets
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (274+ words) By Anastasiia Kozlova and Amir Orusov Aug 24 (Reuters) – Sonova launched its third hearing-aid platform utilising real-time AI on Monday, its latest effort to strengthen its position in a market that relies on rapid technology upgrades to shorten replacement cycles and…...
US employer healthcare costs set to rise 9.5% in 2027, Aon says
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (266+ words) Aug 20 (Reuters) – U.S. employer healthcare costs are expected to rise 9.5% in 2027, pushing the average cost above $19,000 per employee, driven by increased medical use and spending on high-priced drugs, insurance broker Aon said on Thursday. Medical spending has climbed as patients…...
Analysis-Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (756+ words) CHICAGO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors. Unlike chemotherapy, which kills both healthy…...
Instant View: Moderna-Merck melanoma vaccine data boosts outlook, but analysts await full results
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (228+ words) Aug 19 (Reuters) – Moderna’s personalized mRNA cancer therapy, developed with Merck, reduced the risk of melanoma recurrence and spread when used in combination with the U.S. drugmaker’s blockbuster treatment Keytruda in a late-stage trial. The interim results showed statistically significant…...
Merck, Moderna say melanoma vaccine meets goals in large trial
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (255+ words) CHICAGO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Merck and Moderna said on Wednesday a study of a personalized mRNA vaccine combined with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda reduced skin cancer recurrence and spread compared with Keytruda alone, the first positive late-stage trial results for an…...
Health Round: Experimental blood test finds high-risk colorectal lesions before cancer develops
1+ week, 5+ day ago (608+ words) Aug 14 (Reuters) – We also report on a flavoring chemical in e-cigarettes that damages human embryo cells in lab experiments. BLOOD TEST MAY FIND PRE-CANCEROUS COLORECTAL LESIONS An experimental blood test for detecting colorectal cancer also shows promise for preventing it,…...
India plans insurance reforms to rein in healthcare costs, sources say
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (525+ words) MUMBAI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – India is weighing wide-ranging reforms of health insurance, from benchmarked treatment rates to a nationwide claims exchange, as it looks to boost transparency in a struggle to hold down some of the highest medical inflation in Asia,…...