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• Illumina's Grail Expands Use of Cancer Detection Test With Life Insurer Deal Cancer detection test maker Grail, acquired by Illumina Inc last year despite ongoing antitrust challenges, on Tuesday said it would expand use of its flagship Galleri test through a new agreement with life insurer John Hancock, a division of Manulife Financial.
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• US Delivers Over 25 Million COVID Boosters; Moderna's Shot in Limited Supply The United States government has sent out over 25 million of the updated COVID-19 booster shots, mostly from Pfizer/BioNTech, as production of the Moderna shot continues to ramp up, a federal health agency said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• France Clears Omicron-Adapted COVID Boosters for Autumn Vaccination Drive France's HAS health authority on Tuesday followed the European Union's drug regulator and cleared two separate COVID-19 vaccine boosters updated to target the Omicron variant.
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• GAVI Financing to Allow for Immediate Funds for Next Pandemic Global vaccine alliance GAVI has set up financial instruments that will allow the group to immediately access pledged donor funding if it needs to buy vaccines for future pandemics, Chief Executive Seth Berkley has said.
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• Cancer Victims Urge Court to End J&J Bankruptcy Roadblock to Lawsuits People suing Johnson & Johnson over the company's talc products urged an appeals court on Monday to revive their claims, saying the profitable company should not be allowed to use a bankrupt subsidiary to block lawsuits alleging the products cause cancer.
  Reuters Health Information, September 19, 2022
• EU Health Regulator Says COVID Pandemic Not Over An official at the European Union's drugs regulator said on Tuesday the COVID-19 pandemic was not over, contradicting US President Joe Biden, and that a planned vaccination campaign in the region during the cold season was key to fighting it.
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• Haleon Believes It Is Not Liable for Any Potential Zantac Liabilities Haleon believes it is not liable for any claims that may arise from US litigation over the heartburn drug Zantac, the London-listed company's CEO Brian McNamara said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• Hong Kong Flags COVID Quarantine Policy Change, Wants an Orderly Opening-Up Hong Kong said on Tuesday it aims to make an announcement soon on its controversial COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals, as it wants to keep the city connected with the rest of the world and allow an 'orderly opening-up.'
  Reuters Health Information, September 20, 2022
• Judge Denies US Bid to Stop UnitedHealth Plan to Buy Change A US judge on Monday denied the Justice Department's bid to stop UnitedHealth Group from buying Change Healthcare, in a blow to the US administration's tougher enforcement of antitrust issues.
  Reuters Health Information, September 19, 2022
• Brazil Approves Pfizer Vaccine for Children as Young as 6 Months Brazilian national health regulator Anvisa has approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech for children aged between 6 months and 4 years, the government body said in a statement Friday night.
  Reuters Health Information, September 17, 2022
• France's Health Body Warns of Resurgence of COVID Virus in the Country France's national health body warned on Friday of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country, and urged people to continue to get vaccinated to protect themselves against the virus.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2022
• EU Regulator Backs Wider Use of AstraZeneca COVID Therapy Europe's medicines regulator has backed using AstraZeneca's preventative COVID-19 therapy as a treatment for the disease and also endorsed another medicine as preventative option for another common virus.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2022
• Taiwan Eyeing Earlier End to COVID Quarantine for Arrivals Taiwan is eyeing an earlier end to its mandatory quarantine for all arrivals and has been making relevant preparations, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2022
• Consumer Group Says Drugmakers Abuse US Patent System to Keep Prices High Makers of the top selling drugs in the United States are costing patients billions of dollars and worsening a drug pricing crisis by abusing the US patent system to stifle competition and inflate prices, a consumer group said on Thursday,
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2022
• US Seeing Decline in Monkeypox New Case Growth, CDC Says CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday she was cautiously optimistic over a decline in the growth of new monkeypox cases, but that some areas of the country are still experiencing a rise in infections.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2022
• Take Whatever COVID Booster You Can Get, Says Head of EU Drugs Watchdog People in Europe should take whatever COVID-19 booster is available to them in the coming months, Emer Cooke, Executive Director of the EMA, has said in an interview ahead of an expected autumn rise in infections.
  Reuters Health Information, September 14, 2022
• WHO 'Strongly Advises Against' Use of Two COVID Treatments Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization, on the basis that Omicron and the variant's latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2022
• Lawsuit Claims Pfizer Fellowship Program Is Biased Against Whites, Asian-Americans A group of medical professionals that advocates against 'radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology' in healthcare sued Pfizer on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2022
• German COVID Booster Take-Up Low, New Version May Help: Doctors Group Demand for booster vaccinations against COVID-19 is low in Germany, with some patients waiting for a booster designed to combat the currently circulating Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2022
• Africa CDC Head: COVID Still a Threat Given Low Vaccination Rates The COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat on the African continent given low vaccination rates, the acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2022