Abbott Laboratories New PROTALITY™ for Maintaining Muscle Mass During Weight Loss Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced the launch of its new PROTALITY™ brand. The high-protein nutrition shake is the first product to support the adults interested in pursuing weight loss while maintaining muscle mass and good nutrition. Half of U.S. adults attempted to lose weight in the past year.  Whether pursuing weight loss by taking GLP-1 medications, …

While preparing The Week in Review issue from Prohost, our attention  shifted towards historical news about a procedure that improved the heart function in severe heart failure patients. For cardiologists and their patients, the positive results were surprising, stunning and beyond anticipation. Current treatments of severe heart failure are only symptomatic and do not stop the heart muscle deterioration that results in imminent death. Data …

Medivation is a Target for Acquisition The Question is: Who Will Acquire Medivation? Sanofi has made a bid to acquire Medivation for $9.3 billion (£6.37B). Sanofi is expected to pay $52.50 per share in cash for Medivation. Why Medivation? Sanofi's chief executive Olivier Brandicourt said, "Thanks to Medivation's excellent prostate cancer treatments, we believe that a merger with Medivation would benefit patients and, at the same time, create value …