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Fmr. Deutsche Bank CEO & Real Madrid's Toni Kroos Invest In A Psychedelics Company's $14M Funding Round

US and German-based HMNC Brain Health (HMNC Holding GmbH), a clinical stage biopharma company pioneering precision psychiatry, has raised nearly $14 million (EUR 14.3 million) in the closing of the first of two expected funding series, bringing the total capital raised to date to over $41 million (EUR 42.3 million.)…

Benzinga

New Covid strain dubbed 'nightmare variant' as it doubles cases in days

The new mutant strain nicknamed the 'nightmare variant' is resistant to immunity has spread across several countries so far including a number in the US, Asia and Europe

Edinburgh Live

Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease

Cache of documents seen by Guardian detail effort to refute scientific research into paraquat and derail nomination of key EPA adviser

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Preterm birth drug saga reflects broader issues with FDA process

Congress may still try to reform the FDA's accelerated approval process this year.

Axios

Merck charged in France over failure to inform on changes to thyroid drug

The French unit of German pharmaceuticals firm Merck has been charged with willful commercial deception for failing to inform patients of changes to a thyroid treatment that could result in serious side-effects.

Radio France Internationale

Covid strain dubbed 'Nightmare Variant' doubled cases in days by 'beating immunity'

An infectious disease expert has said XBB is one of a 'slew' of fast-spreading variants.

Daily Record

Lisa Jarvis: New COVID variants have arrived. How worried should you be?

Some rather alarming headlines recently circulated about the newest members of the omicron family. “Nightmare COVID variant,” read one. “The most immune-evasive COVID variants yet.” Or, as one would-be pandemic influencer said in a tweet shared thousands of times: “MOTHER OF GOD… #COVID variants worse than CDC has been admitting.”

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Indonesia bans syrup drugs after deadly kidney cases

JAKARTA: Indonesia has halted sales of medicinal syrup after 99 children died of acute kidney injuries this year.

Bangkok Post

Scientists engineer strain of Covid-19 with 80% kill rate

The researchers spliced elements of one of the newest strains onto a sample of one of the first types of Covid detected

Wales Online

Mum given overdose of paracetamol while being in treated for sickness and pneumonia - she died two weeks later

Laura Higginson died two weeks after the overdose - but the Crown Prosecution Service found it did not contribute to her death

Manchester Evening News

Under-reporting, stigmatisation makes chroming harder to tackle, experts tell Bradley Hope inquest

A coronial inquest has heard 13 per cent of almost 20,000 high-schoolers had tried chroming — but the full extent of the "incredibly difficult issue" is still not known.

ABC News

New Covid strain dubbed Nightmare Variant doubles cases in a day

The variant formally known as XBB has been detected in more than 17 countries so far

Wales Online

Zimbabwe becomes first African nation to approve HIV prevention drug

World Health Organization welcomes country’s ‘crucial step’ in backing use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA)

The Guardian - UK

Leeds is monkeypox virus hotspot as new cases soar

Cases have been slowing down across the country, except in Leeds

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Reuters

Chinese capital steps up COVID measures as cases quadruple

China's capital, Beijing, has dialled up measures to stop COVID, strengthening public checks and locking down some residential compounds after a quadrupling of its case load in recent weeks, just as a key Communist Party congress entered full swing.

Reuters

Indonesia finds medicines with ingredients linked to fatal child kidney injury

Some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ingredients linked to fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, its health minister said on Thursday, as it investigates a spike in cases and 99 child deaths this year.

The Conversation

An entirely new illicit drug has been discovered by Australian chemists. Here's how they did it

Imagine, if you will, a small plastic baggy containing a mixture of crystals and powder.

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As hepatitis C proliferates, states lift barriers to treatment

While national efforts to eliminate hepatitis C have faced setbacks because of increased drug use, the impact of COVID-19 and insurance complications, there’s a bright spot: Some states are now making it easier for patients to treat the disease.

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Abbott plans a new $500M baby-formula plant to increase U.S. capacity for the vital product

Abbott Laboratories is building a new infant-formula manufacturing plant after the product shortage of the past year revealed gaps in U.S. production capacity.

The Independent UK

US clears Novavax COVID booster dose

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax

Chicago Sun-Times

Criminalizing drug use won’t help stop addiction

Drug addicts need treatment, as Peter Bensinger rightfully pointed out, but he is badly mistaken to think that the criminalization of drug sales and possession are also deterrents.

StockNews.com

This Pharmaceutical Stock Is Still a Smart Buy in 2022

Pfizer’s (PFE) co-developed COVID-19 vaccine booster for children, which recently got Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. FDA, could boost its share price. The stock had witnessed significant attention during the pandemic and could still be worth owning. Let’s discuss this in detail….

Benzinga

Engineering Psychedelics: $22M Pool For Clinical Trials Of Compounds Targeting CNS Disorders

NYC and Cambridge-based Empyrean Neuroscience Inc. is a new genetic engineering company developing neuroactive compounds for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders launching with a $22 million Series A financing.

Benzinga

The Perils Of Delta-8 THC And Other 'Hemp' Products That Get You High: Why Unregulated Intoxicating Hemp Products Can Be Dangerous

The California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA), a trade group representing hundreds of companies participating in the United States’ largest regulated cannabis market, has released a white paper entitled “Pandora’s Box: The Dangers of a National, Unregulated, Hemp-Derived Intoxicating Cannabinoid Market.&

The Philadelphia Inquirer

FDA panel advises taking preterm birth drug off the market

An FDA advisory panel voted 14-1 on Wednesday to recommend that the agency withdraw its approval of the drug Makena, saying the treatment does not appear to reduce the risk of preterm birth.

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