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UK Weight Loss Pill Advertising Ban Results in Restraint by Regulators

In a major step forward, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned advertisements promoting oral weight-loss medicines to the public for the first …

McKesson and CD&R’s Option Care Acquisition

McKesson and private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) have agreed to acquire Option Care Health in a deal valued at …

Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Surpasses 1,000 Cases: The Largest Spread In Three Decades

The Pennsylvania measles outbreak has surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases, with 198 hospitalizations and five measles-associated deaths reported as of October 5, 2026. …

CSL and Alentis Partnership Deal

The Australian biotechnology company CSL and Swiss biotechnology company Alentis Therapeutics are collaborating globally to advance an experimental drug candidate, lixudebart, for …

Grindr Acquisition of PurposeMed for $250 Million To Expand HIV Prevention Access

The dating app company Grindr is acquiring PurposeMed, the parent company of Freddie, an HIV-prevention telehealth provider, in a $250 million deal. …

FDA 7UP Soda Recall: 77,760 Cans Recalled Over Labeling Error

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled 7UP Tropical Zero Sugar Soda due to a labeling error. The FDA has …

BioNTech Site Closures: 3 Locations Affected Due to Failure in Sales

BioNTech plans to close three facilities in Germany and a manufacturing site in Singapore after the biotechnology company failed to find buyers …

Measles Outbreak in Australia Grows To 9 Reported Cases Expanding Contact Tracing

South Australia has reported nine measles cases in 2026, with five linked to a growing cluster at Brighton Secondary School in Adelaide. …

FDA Approval for Lilly’s Onswik Drug Brings Once-Weekly Insulin to U.S.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s Insulin Jab, Onswik. The FDA approval for Lilly’s Onswik has introduced …

Enzyme System Discovery by Claude

Anthropic says its Claude AI model has helped identify a previously uncharacterized enzyme system in bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. The enzyme …

Pennsylvania generic drug settlement

Pennsylvania consumers who purchased certain generic prescription drugs between May 2009 and December 2019 may be eligible for compensation under a newly …

AbbVie Menstrual Migraine Drug Trial Shows Positive Phase 3 Results

AbbVie has reported positive results from its menstrual migraine drug “Atogepant”. It has met the primary endpoint and all eight ranked secondary …