FDA proposed cigarette warnings Source: FDA The Food and Drug Administration unveiled new graphic health warnings for cigarette packs on Thursday, a decade after Congress instructed the agency to issue them and seven years after a court ruled that the images it initially chose violated the First Amendment. The proposed warnings include, “tobacco smoke can
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday accused three major pharmaceutical companies of “coordinated obstruction” and “apparent efforts to stonewall” an investigation on generic drug prices launched in 2014. Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, Elijah Cummings, D-Md., along with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,
Brendan Kennedy, CEO, Tilray Scott Mlyn | CNBC Tilray‘s stock fell after the Canadian cannabis company reported a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter after the markets closed Tuesday. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Adjusted earnings per share: A loss
The cannabidiol droplets you may be adding into your brunch cocktail are not actually legal, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned on CNBC on Friday. CBD is a compound found in the cannabis plant that’s boomed in the retail industry in the past year, with many touting its supposed stress-relieving benefits despite limited evidence. Coffee
Ruby Gadelrab and Jill Hagenkord of MDisrupt Ruby Gadelrab and Jill Hagenkord Before Theranos raised hundreds of millions of dollars, forged a partnership with Walgreens and started using its flawed blood-testing technology with patients, a thorough due diligence process might have raised red flags about the company’s methods and practices. Two industry executives — Rudy
Andrew Trister is joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Andrew Trister Apple‘s Dr. Andrew Trister is headed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a first-of-its-kind role to invest in digital health ventures that aim to have a global impact. Trister, who joins the foundation this week, was among the first employees to
BrianAJackson | iStock | Getty Images The U.K. government has announced £250 million ($303 million) in funding to create a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab that focuses on healthcare. The lab will, according to authorities, hope to improve cancer screening by speeding up test results; identify patients who are “most at risk” of heart disease
A customer holds a bottle of flavored vape juice while exhaling vapor from an electronic cigarette at the NXNW Vapor store in Sacramento, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is investigating 127 cases of people suffering from seizures after vaping, the agency announced Wednesday. The agency received
A pharmacist helps a customer at a Walgreens pharmacy in Wheeling, Illinois. Getty Images Walgreens plans to shutter 200 stores in the U.S. as the company pares back its locations in the U.K., the company said Tuesday. Parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance earlier this year announced plans to shutter 200 stores in the U.K. and
Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris gesture on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Congress is likely to pass a “middle-of-the-road” drug pricing reform package by the end of the year as both President Donald Trump
Laura Modi, Co-Founder of Bobbie Baby, wants to create a new “European style” infant formula here in the U.S. Katie Brigham While working at Airbnb, Laura Modi noticed a strange trend among Bay Area mothers. Many new parents were circumventing U.S. regulators by importing their formulas from Europe. In Europe, there are different rules around
In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson’s baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson sits on a table in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A jury in Kentucky rejected claims that Johnson & Johnson‘s talc-based baby powder contained asbestos and caused mesothelioma, the company said in a statement, a win for
Lord Jones CBD Beauty products. Source: Lord Jones Cronos is buying access to the CBD market in the U.S. by acquiring Redwood Holding Group, the company behind popular CBD beauty brand Lord Jones, for $300 million, the pot company announced Friday. Redwood operates mainly through its Lord Jones brand, which sells CBD-infused lotions, gummies, bath
The Royal Free Hospital Healthcare professionals can now detect one of the National Health Service’s (NHS) “biggest killers” in minutes rather than hours due to the use of a new app. The app, which has been developed by Alphabet’s DeepMind Health together with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL), is used to help
Babylon Health home screen Source: Babylon Health Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is reportedly planning to invest in U.K. start-up Babylon Health, in a deal that would put give the company “unicorn” status. The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that people with direct knowledge of the plans said Saudi investors were in advanced talks with
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing the White House en route West Virginia in Washington, July 24, 2019. Mary F. Calvert | Reuters The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would require hospitals to publish the prices that are negotiated with insurers, or risk being fined. The proposed rule, announced Monday,
Amir Dan Rubin David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two years after leaving the traditional health-care world to lead primary care upstart One Medical, Amir Dan Rubin now faces a clear challenge. With competition heating up, he needs to rapidly expand the business into new areas without sacrificing the luxe service that patients
Ariel Skelley | Getty Images Want to retire in the city with the most sunny days per year? Or one with no state or local sales tax? A new list by SeniorAdvice.com — a housing referral service — ranks the best locations to spend your golden years. The site focused on mid-sized cities, since “most
Joseph M. Hogan is CEO of Align Technology Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Align Technology CEO Joe Hogan on Thursday blamed business in China for the company’s shortfall in the second quarter, but he predicted that output will improve. The maker of Invisalign clear aligners saw better international growth elsewhere — 39% growth
A researcher in a Bristol-Myers Squibb laboratory. The drugs — ipilimumab (brand name Yervoy) and nivolumab (Opdivo) — belong to a class called checkpoint inhibitors and are made by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bristol-Myers released mixed results on Wednesday from trials testing the survival benefit of its immunotherapy Opdivo in combination
Take short movement breaks every hour; eat small, regular meals; and aim for between seven and nine hours of sleep a night. Those are a few ways you can boost your energy levels and be more productive, both at work and outside, according to Johnson & Johnson’s Human Performance Institute (HPI), an exclusive training academy
John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is taking the next step in its fight against underage vaping with a new television and digital ad campaign designed to warn teenagers about the potential dangers of e-cigarettes. The television ads, called “Magic,” feature street magician Julius Dein, who has
Graycliff smoking lounge at Nashville International Airport. Courtesy: Nashville International Airport Salt Lake City International Airport did it in 2016. Denver International Airport did it in 2018. And, thanks to a new, enhanced ordinance in Atlanta banning smoking and vaping in bars, restaurants and other enclosed public spaces, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which has held
PillPack co-founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen. Just over a year after buying online pharmacy PillPack for $753 million, Amazon is engaged in a bitter battle with an incumbent player in the pharmacy industry, which sources tell CNBC is working behind the scenes to prevent the company from accessing important patient data. PillPack’s pharmacy delivery
Containers of Johnson’s baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson are displayed on a shelf on July 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday denied Johnson & Johnson‘s request to transfer about 2,400 lawsuits over its talc-based baby powder to a district court in Delaware, sending
Isaiah Kacyvenski, former Seattle Seahawks linebacker, believes worker productivity is directly related to how much sleep employees get each night. Getty Images Pro athletes buy into it as a way to win. Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander attributes the practice as the main reason he is able to stay on top of his game. Business
A Congolese health worker administers ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. Olivia Acland | Reuters The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization days after a case of
Alex Gorsky, CEO of Johnson & Johnson Adam Jeffery | CNBC Johnson & Johnson vowed to defend itself against lawsuits alleging the company fueled the opioid crisis and that its namesake talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. The iconic health-care company faces more than 14,000 lawsuits over its talc-based baby powder, as well