The prospect of more consolidation among Japan’s fragmented drugstore industry is likely to boost the longer term value of major players, the Japan chief of Orbis Investment Management said.

Efforts to vaccinate children worldwide against deadly diseases such as measles and diphtheria began to recover in 2022 after a historic backslide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday proposed a broader coverage for a type of brain scan, used to identify a key Alzheimer’s disease protein, that will be needed for doctors to determine whether patients are eligible for newly developed drugs.

Medical equipment maker Getinge reported on Tuesday a sharp drop in second-quarter core profits hit by quality and supply chain problems at its product categories Cardiac Assist and Cardiopulmonary.

Masimo Corp on Monday reported preliminary second-quarter sales below analysts’ estimates due to weak performance at its healthcare segment, sending the medical device maker’s shares down about 28% in after-market trading.

Novartis on Tuesday raised its full-year earnings guidance and announced a new share repurchase programme on strong drug sales.

Efforts to vaccinate children worldwide against deadly diseases such as measles and diptheria began to recover in 2022 after a historic backslide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday proposed a broader coverage for a type of brain scan, used to identify a key Alzheimer’s disease protein, that will be needed for doctors to determine whether patients are eligible for newly developed drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday it had approved Sanofi and partner AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants and toddlers.