Patients News | pharmaphorum

Thursday 2 April 2026

News

News

Jim O'Neill swearing in ceremony

Acting CDC director says MMR jabs should be split

The acting director of the CDC, Jim O’Neill, has been sharply criticised after saying the MMR vaccine should be separated into three individual shots.

News

Roche gets EU nod for kidney disease algorithm

Roche and Klinrisk have picked up a CE-mark for an AI tool that can be used to predict renal function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease.

News

GLP-1s from Novo, Lilly 'should be first-line in obesity'

GLP-1s from Novo, Lilly 'should be first-line in obesity'

European doctors have said GLP-1 drugs are so effective in obesity that they should be the first choice drug treatment in almost all cases.

News

FDA angers anti-abortion lobby with generic abortion pill OK

FDA angers anti-abortion lobby with generic abortion pill OK

The FDA has cleared another generic of the abortion pill mifepristone, as it carries out a review of the drug that has been criticised as spurious.

News

HHS staffers wait for news after government shutdown

HHS staffers wait for news after government shutdown

The US government has shut down after Republicans and Democrats failed to resolve a budget standoff and the federal government ran out of money.

News

UK says 'online NHS hospital' will launch in 2027

UK says 'online NHS hospital' will launch in 2027

The UK says a new online NHS hospital service due to start in 2027 will deliver up to 8.5m extra NHS appointments in its first three years.