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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-pfizer-vaccine-idUSBRE94M05J20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-pfizer-vaccine-idUSBRE94M05J20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Thu, 23 May 2013 01:28:38 -0400 HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-gsk-vaccine-narcolepsy-idUSBRE94M0FJ20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-gsk-vaccine-narcolepsy-idUSBRE94M0FJ20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:34 -0400 DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-coronavirus-idUSBRE94M0IN20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-coronavirus-idUSBRE94M0IN20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Thu, 23 May 2013 11:56:38 -0400 NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek approvals for 11 new drugs by 2017, including a new type of treatment for patients with depression that have failed to benefit from standard medications. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-johnsonjohnson-investors-idUSBRE94M0J120130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-johnsonjohnson-investors-idUSBRE94M0J120130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37:37 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merck & Co's experimental insomnia drug moved a step closer to U.S. approval on Wednesday after a panel of medical experts said it is effective and safe at lower doses. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-fda-merck-idUSBRE94L17Z20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-fda-merck-idUSBRE94L17Z20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Wed, 22 May 2013 21:02:13 -0400 COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said Phase III study results had shown people treated with its liraglutide drug had an 8 percent weight loss. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-novonordisk-obesity-idUSBRE94M0VG20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-novonordisk-obesity-idUSBRE94M0VG20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Thu, 23 May 2013 12:58:57 -0400 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-usa-alabama-illness-idUSBRE94L18R20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-usa-alabama-illness-idUSBRE94L18R20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49:53 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-fda-drugs-legislation-idUSBRE94L1AU20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-fda-drugs-legislation-idUSBRE94L1AU20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:37 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - British pharmaceutical company BTG announced two deals on Thursday that it said could create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-btg-idUSBRE94M0J320130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-btg-idUSBRE94M0J320130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Thu, 23 May 2013 08:07:11 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their pharmacists online had better blood pressure control a year after that service ended. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-online-blood-pressure-idUSBRE94L17A20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-online-blood-pressure-idUSBRE94L17A20130522?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=930 healthNews Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:39 -0400