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Express Scripts covers Amgen, Lilly migraine drugs, excludes Teva
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Express Scripts Holding Co, one of the largest U.S. prescription benefits managers, will cover new migraine drugs from Eli Lilly and Amgen Inc, but exclude a rival medication from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd after price negotiations with all three manufacturers.
Eating patterns for diabetics post Navratri
The Navratri celebrations are about to conclude and so are the nine-day fast. Fasting is one of the most integral aspects of this festival and is considered sacred. The process helps in flushing out excess toxins from the body. However, for those living with diabetes, unregulated fasting and post-festival binge can prove detrimental.Many with the condition eat a variety of festive foods after the fasts without understanding the health implications.There are currently about 72 million diabetes patients in India, a number that is expected to reach about 134 million by 2025. This poses a huge burden physically and financially on people with diabetes and, therefore, all-round care is a must.People with diabetes can enjoy the celebrations provided they have a healthy diet plan in place.Speaking about this, Chetna Sharma, Diabetes Educator, BeatO, said, "It is imperative for people with diabetes to consume food at regular intervals to maintain optimum blood glucose levels. However, during ..
Sebi directs Singh brothers, 8 other entities to repay over Rs 403 cr to Fortis Healthcare
Finding illegal diversion of funds from the company, markets regulator Sebi Wednesday directed Shivinder Mohan Singh, Malvinder Mohan Singh and eight other entities to repay Rs 403 crore along with interest to Fortis Healthcare. The Singh brothers are former promoters of Fortis Healthcare. All the entities have prima facie acted in a fraudulent manner in diverting funds around Rs 403 crore from Fortis Healthcare Ltd (FHL), a listed company, for the ultimate benefit of parent company -- RHC Holding Pvt Ltd -- and group company -- Religare Finvest Ltd -- violating the securities laws, Sebi said. In a 21-page interim order, the watchdog said that prima facie role of FHL and Fortis Healthcare Ltd (FHsL) in the alleged diversion of funds through conduit entities has been established. Apart from the Singh brothers, FHsL, RHC and Religare Finvest, the other entities that have been asked to repay the money are Shivi Holdings Pvt Ltd, Malav Holdings Pvt Ltd, Best Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Fern ...
Health department awaiting report on swine flu deaths: Officer
The health department in Dakshina Kannada district Wednesday said it was awaiting a report from the death audit committee to confirm whether the death of four people in 16 days was due to swine flu (H1N1) or viral fever. Addressing reporters here, the district health officer M Ramakrishna Rao said the audit committee would study the case history of patients and file the report soon. Twenty-one suspected cases of H1N1 were reported from January to October, of which three people tested positive for swine flu between January and August, he said. In September, 12 suspected cases were reported and 14 in October, he said. Timely treatment saved the life of a patient with H1N1, the symptoms of which are high fever, sore throat, cough, diarrhoea and vomiting, he added.
Exclusive: Express Scripts covers Amgen, Lilly migraine therapies, excludes Teva drug
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Express Scripts Holding Co, one of the largest U.S. prescription benefits managers, will cover new migraine drugs from Eli Lilly and Amgen Inc, but is excluding a rival medication made by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd after price negotiations with all three manufacturers.
China's drug firm fined USD 1.3 billion for faulty rabies vaccines
A Chinese biotech company whose rabies vaccines have been recalled from India after they were found faulty has been forced to pay USD 1.3 billion in penalties by China's State Drug Administration. After the news of the faulty vaccines spread, the Drug Controller General of India ordered an immediate withdrawal of rabies vaccines from the market in August and banned its imports from the Chinese manufacturer. The state-owned Changchun Changsheng Biotech Co in Jilin province was forced to pay about 9.1 billion yuan (USD 1.3 billion) in penalties on Tuesday after the drugmaker was involved in the human rabies vaccine safety scandal in July, the State Drug Administration said in a statement. The scandal shook public confidence in China, casting a shadow on drugs produced in the country. A compensation plan for victims was also unveiled. Families of those who died due to the problematic vaccines will receive a one-off compensation of 650,000 yuan for each victim, and victims who became ...
Niti comes out with PPP model infra for treatment of non-communicable diseases at district hospitals
Niti Aayog Wednesday laid down norms for a public-private partnership model with a view to setting up additional infrastructure for the treatment of non-communicable diseases at district hospitals at predetermined rates. Under the PPP model, the private sector would be provided with space for setting up facilities for treatment of cardiac, oncological, and pulmonary diseases by the state governments within the premise of existing district hospitals. Releasing the guidelines and Model Concessionaire Agreement (MCA) for 'Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases' (NCD), Niti Aayog member V K Paul said the cost of treatment under the PPP model would be the same as specified under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or states insurance schemes. States which do not have such insurance packages could use CGHS package rates for the period when such insurance rates are not available, he added. The guidelines suggest that the private partner will invest .
Smoke forces Melania Trump's plane back to military base
First lady Melania Trump's plane was forced to return to a Washington area military base on Wednesday because of smoke in the cabin. Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said "everyone is fine and everyone is safe" after the plane returned to Joint Base Andrews. Mrs. Trump had been scheduled to visit a Philadelphia hospital and meet with families of children affected by exposure to opioids while in the womb. Grisham said the first lady's team was "evaluating" whether to make other arrangements to travel to the event. According to TV reporters traveling with the first lady, the flight was in the air about 10 minutes when smoke filled the cabin, and then Secret Service agents rushed to the front of the plane. It was not immediately clear what caused the problem. The event was planned for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was to join the first lady. The hospital has provided care to mothers with opioid use disorder and their newborn
PPP agreement to treat non-communicable diseases signed
The NITI Aayog on Wednesday launched the model guidelines and agreement for public-private partnership (PPP) for prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
More internet time ups junk food requests by kids: Study
Young children who spent more than half an hour a day on internet are almost twice as likely to pester their parents for junk food, according to a study published Wednesday. The study, which examines the associations between diet and advertising of junk food on TV and the internet, questioned children and their parents. Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Cancer Research UK asked almost 2,500 seven to 11-year-olds and their parents around the UK about their eating habits and how much screen time they had, outside of doing homework. The results show that primary school children who spent more than three hours on the web were more than four times more likely to spend their pocket money on chocolate, crisps, sugary drinks and takeaways than their peers who browsed for less than half an hour. These children were also 79 per cent more likely to be overweight or obese while those who were online between 30 minutes and three hours a day were 53 per cent more likely to be ...
Poor auto-driver reaches out to PM for daughter's treatment
Facing acute financial crunch, father of an ailing 18-year-old girl has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking financial assistance.Ayesha Pinjari, daughter of a Pune-based auto driver, has been diagnosed with an ailment which requires her to undergo a liver transplant surgery, which would approximately cost Rs 25 lakh.The teenager, who is currently bed ridden, told ANI, "I want to become a doctor. I want the people in power to help me in achieving this goal."Dr Jitendra Oswal, Deputy Medical Director of Bharati Hospital said, "This disease is very rare. She needs a liver transplant which is expensive. Her brother also needs to be taken care of as he is suffering from the same disease. If he is not given proper treatment he will also suffer like her.
'New AI algorithm measures breast density accurately'
A newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm measures breast density as accurately as an experienced mammographer, according to a study. Breast density can mask cancers on mammography and is an independent risk factor for the disease, according to the study published in the journal Radiology. Despite its importance, breast density assessment is an imperfect science, and research has shown much discrepancy among radiologists in making density determinations. "We are dependent on human qualitative assessment of breast density, and that approach has significant flaws. We need a more accurate tool," said Constance D Lehman from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US. The researchers used tens of thousands of high-quality digital mammograms, an X-ray picture of the breast, to train and test the algorithm before implementing it in routine clinical practice. Eight radiologists then reviewed 10,763 mammograms that the model had determined were either dense or non-dense ...
Age-related spike in estrogen may lead to hernia
An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernia, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, suggests new study.
docprime.com goes live, to use AI for customer profiling
docprime.com, the latest healthcare venture by the Policybazaar Group that owns India's leading insurtech brand, Policybazaar.com and India's leading lending marketplace, Paisabazaar.com, is now live with the full-fledged version of its website.The website features include industry-first "free family doctor for life" service that will allow people to get instant and free consultation over chat and phone from in-house medical consultants for their health issues.Moreover, the website will provide easy access and navigation for people to find a doctor in their nearby area from a large network, book instant consultations and lab tests on special or discounted rates. The key focus is on improving the accessibility of doctors and labs thereby driving economies of scale."docprime.com will be using artificial intelligence for initial profile screenings of customers, for more efficient and quick analysis of their health history. The goal is to ensure that the doctors have access to all patient
'World's first lab-grown oesophagus implanted in mice'
In a first, scientists say they have grown functional sections of oesophagus in the lab using stem cells and successfully transplanted them into mice. The advance, published in the journal Nature Communications, offers a potential path towards developing treatments for children with oesophageal defects. The study by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in the UK and colleagues is the first of its kind for a complex multi-layered organ, overcoming a major challenge of regenerative medicine: different early-stage cells need different conditions to develop into the right cell type. "We were amazed to see that our engineered tissue had both the structure and function of a healthy oesophagus, and hooked up with nearby blood vessels within a week of transplantation -- a promising step forward in our pursuit to create better treatments for patients with oesophageal defects," said Paola Bonfanti from the Francis Crick Institute. The team engineered pieces of oesophagus -- about two ...
Zydus receives USFDA final approval for Clobetasol Propionate Cream
Clobetasol Propionate is a topical (for the skin) steroid used to treat inflammation and itching caused by a number of skin conditions such as allergic reactions, eczema, and psoriasis.
Nutrition more important for bone strength than exercise: Study
Nutrition has a greater impact on bone mass and strength than exercise, according to a study that looked at mineral supplementation and physical activity in mice. Researchers at the University of Michigan in the US found that even after the exercise training stopped, the mice retained bone strength gains as long as they ate a mineral-supplemented diet. "The longer-term mineral-supplemented diet leads to not only increases in bone mass and strength, but the ability to maintain those increases even after detraining," said David Kohn, a professor at the University of Michigan. "This was done in mice, but if you think about the progression to humans, diet is easier for someone to carry on as they get older and stop exercising, rather than the continuation of exercise itself," Kohn said. The second important finding is that the diet alone has beneficial effects on bone, even without exercising, according to the study published in the journal PLOS ONE. This surprised Kohn, who expected ...
Facebook posts may help predict depression risk: Study
The language people use in their Facebook posts can predict the future risk of depression as accurately as the tools clinicians use in medical settings to screen for the disorder, according to a study. Analysing social media data shared by consenting users across the months leading up to a depression diagnosis, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Stony Brook University in the US developed an algorithm that could accurately predict future depression. Indicators of the condition included mentions of hostility and loneliness, words like "tears" and "feelings," and use of more first-person pronouns like "I" and "me," researchers said. "What people write in social media and online captures an aspect of life that's very hard in medicine and research to access otherwise," said H Andrew Schwartz, principal investigator of the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "It's a dimension that's relatively untapped compared to biophysical ...
Beset by copies, Roche gets sales boost from China
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche's third-quarter revenue beat analysts' forecasts as new drugs such as Ocrevus for multiple sclerosis picked up pace and as China bought more of older medicines whose sales are dropping elsewhere following patent expiries.
Facebook posts can help predict users' depression diagnosis
Language people use in their Facebook posts can predict a future diagnosis of depression as accurately as the tools clinicians use in medical settings to screen for the disease, suggests new research.