Bristol Myers Squibb Raises 2026 Revenue Forecast as Newer Drugs Drive Q3 Growth
The Bristol Myers Squibb Q3 2026 results lift revenue guidance as newer drugs grow 12%. EPS fell on a $1.6 billion charge.
India’s Centre Seeks NPPA Report on Steep Hospital Consumable Markups After 2,841% Pricing Gap Found
India's Centre has asked the NPPA to review hospital consumable pricing after Maharashtra's FDA found markups as high as 2,841% on IV sets, syringes, and catheters, a review that could…
FDA Launches Expedited IND Pilot to Shorten the Path to First-in-Human Drug Trials
The FDA has opened applications for its Expedited IND Pilot, pairing drug sponsors with qualified research institutions and rolling IND reviews to shorten the up-to-two-year path to first-in-human trials in…
Medtronic Wins FDA Clearance for LigaSure RAS Maryland Instrument on Hugo Surgical Robot
Medtronic has won FDA clearance for its LigaSure RAS Maryland vessel-sealing instrument on the Hugo robotic surgery system, bringing a technology used in 45 million procedures worldwide into a fully…
Novo Nordisk Partners With Anthropic to Speed Up Drug Discovery Using Claude AI
Novo Nordisk will test Anthropic's Claude Science workbench and frontier AI models across its R&D workflows, extending a partnership that has already cut clinical documentation time from ten weeks to…
BRICS Nations Push Joint Disease Surveillance and Medical Product Regulation in New Delhi Declaration
BRICS countries have committed to a new joint early-warning system for infectious disease, deeper medical product regulatory cooperation, and expanded local production of medicines and vaccines, under the New Delhi…
Alkem Launches Cenobamate in India, a New Anti-Seizure Drug for Hard-to-Control Epilepsy
Alkem Laboratories has launched NeuCeno (cenobamate) in India, an anti-seizure drug shown to cut seizure frequency by up to 78% and help nearly a third of patients achieve seizure freedom,…
Parliamentary Panel Seeks Price Control for More Medical Devices, Including Heart Valves and Pacemakers
A Rajya Sabha committee wants India to expand price controls to heart valves, pacemakers, neurosurgical implants, and advanced stents, after finding earlier stent price cuts saved ₹5,900 crore annually but…
Testosterone Prescriptions for Women Are Surging — So Are Pharmacy Denials and Delays
Testosterone prescriptions for women jumped 146% since 2023, but with no FDA-approved product for women, patients and doctors report a growing wave of pharmacy denials, dosing workarounds, high compounding costs,…
UN Warns DR Congo’s Deadly Ebola Outbreak Still ‘Massive’ and Will Take Months to Fight
UN and WHO officials say the DR Congo Ebola outbreak, now the deadliest in the country's history with over 7,250 cases and 3,500 deaths, is improving in some regions but…
Pennsylvania Reports Two Additional Measles-Associated Deaths as Outbreak Becomes Worst in Over 30 Years
Pennsylvania has confirmed two more measles-associated deaths, bringing the state's 2026 total to four, as nearly 700 cases and 133 hospitalizations mark its worst measles outbreak in more than three…