Sanofi considered moving headquarters abroad: report 
November 4th, 2012
PARIS | Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:04am EST PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi’s management considered moving its headquarters abroad in the last few months but the plan was nixed by the drugmaker’s chairman, French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche reported on Sunday, citing sources close to the board. First mooted in July, when the Socialist government was preparing to introduce a 75 percent tax on top earnings, the plan envisaged moving the headquarters to London or the United States, or at least relocating Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher and his closest associates abroad
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Novo confident in heart safety of new insulin
October 26th, 2012
By Mette Fraende and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN | Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:23am EDT COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk said it was confident about the safety of new ultra long-acting insulin degludec, after news a U.S. panel is to examine its heart risks sent the Danish group’s shares lower
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Novo shares drop on U.S. scrutiny of insulin drug
October 26th, 2012
COPENHAGEN | Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:26am EDT COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Shares in Denmark’s Novo Nordisk fell as much as 5 percent on Friday, after a U.S.
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Are cancer patients’ hopes for chemo too high?
October 24th, 2012
By Gene Emery NEW YORK | Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:07pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – At least two thirds of people with advanced cancer in a new survey believed the chemotherapy they’re receiving might cure them, even though the treatment is only being given to buy some time or make them comfortable. “Their expectations are way out of line with reality,” Dr. Deborah Schrag of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston told Reuters Health.
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U.S. elderly, middle-aged see higher obesity rates: poll
October 24th, 2012
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON | Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:30am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Here’s one more reason to dread aging: older Americans are seeing a greater increase in obesity rates, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Data from nearly 600,000 U.S
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FDA probes deaths for links to Monster energy drink
October 22nd, 2012
Tweet Share this Email Print Two cans of Monster Energy drink are pictured in this photo-illustration shot in Los Angeles October 22,2012. Credit: Reuters/Fred Prouser By Martinne Geller Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:09pm EDT (Reuters) – The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it was investigating reports of five deaths that may be associated with Monster Beverage Corp’s energy drink, and the company’s shares fell more than 14 percent. Monster is also being sued by the family of a 14-year-old girl who died after drinking two cans of its Monster Energy drink in a 24-hour period.
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Substance abuse diagnoses increasing in U.S.
October 22nd, 2012
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK | Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:44pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Possibly driven by a surge in painkiller abuse, the number of drug and alcohol problems diagnosed by U.S.
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Bayer lung drug shows promise in pulmonary hypertension
October 22nd, 2012
FRANKFURT | Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:01am EDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer’s experimental riociguat pill showed promise against a life-threatening form of high blood pressure in the lungs, a potential challenge to existing treatments from Actelion and Gilead. In a late-stage trial, the drug helped people suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a progressively worsening condition that can overburden the heart, to better tolerate physical exercise and improve heart function, Bayer said on Monday.
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London sanitation show aims to make "poo" hot topic
October 18th, 2012
By Julie Mollins LONDON | Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:47pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Human defecation remains a taboo subject, despite the fact that 2.5 billion people lack toilets, causing a global health crisis that kills more than a million children each year. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) hopes a new exhibition opening on Thursday will make sanitation easier to discuss
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Severe obesity still rising fast in the U.S
October 18th, 2012
Women sit on a bench in New York’s Times Square May 31, 2012.
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