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A recent antitrust ruling will force Takeda to revise its financials for 2025, with the pharmaceutical company expected to report a loss of 152 billion yen ($949.37 million) for the fiscal year. Last month, a federal jury in Boston found the Japanese drugmaker liable in a delay damages class action lawsuit and ordered Takeda to pay at least $885 million in damages. Although the amount of damages has not yet been finalized, the total amount Takeda must pay under antitrust laws will automatically be tripled, potentially resulting in a liability of approximately $2.5 billion. Although Takeda intends to “proceed vigorously”…
Healthcare platform Fullspan Health has deployed a conversational artificial intelligence agent that can answer consumers’ health-related inquiries and connect them with healthcare providers. The tool, called Healthline AI, allows patients to explore medically reviewed health information and connect them with resources related to their health questions. It leverages only Fullspan’s medically reviewed assets, including Healthline, Healthgrades, Medical News Today, and Psych Central. Berkeley Bethune, vice president of relationship marketing at Fullspan Health, said in an emailed statement to Fierce Healthcare that viewers don’t just want to read about their health, they want to take control of it. “What makes Healthline…
The FDA is investigating the safety of the abortion drug mifepristone, which could allow the Trump administration to impose restrictions on its use, The Wall Street Journal reported. The FDA investigation is likely to conclude by the end of the year and comes as President Trump faces harsh criticism from anti-abortion activists for failing to use his executive powers to restrict access to the pill, according to the Journal. Mifepristone, which was used in 63% of abortions in the United States in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute, has been on the market in the United States for more than…
Astronomers from the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) have outlined a new strategy to discover one of the most elusive objects in the universe: a pair of tightly coupled supermassive black holes. These giant black hole pairs are expected to form naturally after galaxies merge. Astronomers have identified several pairs of widely separated supermassive black holes, but finding pairs of black holes orbiting closer together has proven much more difficult. In a study published in physical review letterthe researchers suggest looking for characteristic signals. As black holes orbit each other, their…
Every year, the global oncology community converges on Chicago for the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, a weekend of trending data drops, healthcare-changing posters, and insightful sessions. On this week’s episode of “The Topline,” Fierce Biotech and Fierce Pharma’s Darren Incorvaia, Zoey Becker, and Angus Liu break down their biggest takeaways from a weekend of live reporting from the Windy City. From “funny” in vivo CAR-T data to historic firsts for Chinese biotech assets, ASCO 2026 reflected new and continuing trends in today’s evolving landscape of cancer treatment. Learn more about this episode’s topics: Source link
Many stars are born in vast clouds of gas and dust in space. When parts of these clouds collapse under gravity, they form dense regions known as molecular cloud cores, where new stars begin to form. Star formation often occurs in groups rather than in isolation. In some cases, two newborn stars gravitate together, forming what astronomers call a binary star system. Observations show that many of these systems form very early, before the star itself is fully developed. But researchers have long struggled to understand how two growing protostars can come close enough to form a binary pair in…
Recent research published in Religious Science Research Journal Explore how particular religious worldviews regarding gender roles influence attitudes toward reproduction and the state. The findings provide evidence that beliefs in God-ordained roles for men and women are strongly associated with support for domestic population growth and restrictions on reproductive rights. This association suggests that these religious views shape not only family relationships but also preferences for government policies. Brooklyn Walker, assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Paul A. Jupe, director of the Political Research Data Program at Denison University, wanted to understand how a…
As health authorities respond to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, a British manufacturer of water purification products for direct distribution to affected communities has warned that infection control preparedness must be planned long before a full-scale emergency occurs. As health authorities respond to the latest Ebola outbreak, British manufacturer HydraChem is calling for greater focus on infection control preparedness. The image on the right shows the Ebola virus. Image credit: Hydrachem Hydrachem has more than 50 years of experience in water purification and infectious disease control and currently supplies Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UNICEF with Oasis water…
Management of psoriatic arthritis is increasingly focused on early identification of clinical, immunological, and tissue-based phenotypes that predict treatment response. However, there is also a role for lifestyle interventions to maintain a healthy weight, as supported by recommendations for people with inflammatory arthritis. The annual meeting of EULAR (European Union of Rheumatology Associations) set the stage for two groups to share new discoveries in these exciting fields. Psoriatic arthritis is biologically heterogeneous and there is a lack of validated predictive biomarkers to select treatments. An oral abstract presentation on Wednesday 3 June at the 2026 EULAR Congress in London outlined…
Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. The American Diabetes Association’s annual conference begins today. STAT’s Elizabeth Cooney will be in New Orleans and will file three ADAs in 30 newsletters, with help from Elaine Chen, who will cover newsworthy items on the weekend agenda. If you would like to receive our newsletter, please sign up here. The quiet collapse of America’s research ethics watchdog In just over a year, the federal agency responsible for overseeing the vast research enterprise funded by the Department of Health and Human…