The following is a summary of “Effect of probiotics on necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: a network meta-analysis ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has widespread implications for neonates. While mostly affecting preterm neonates, full-term neonates, especially those with congenital heart disease, are also at risk.

The decision to allow a new trial could have  implications for both the companies and families with babies born prematurely.

Reckitt Benckiser’s Mead Johnson unit and Abbott Laboratories have been ordered to face a new trial in the US over ...

Over 1,000 lawsuits have been filed against the nation’s leading baby formula manufacturers, alleging a link between cow milk ...

The quality of care to low birth weight (LBW) infants has improved as a result of modern technology and advances in neonatology. Along with this increased survival of LBW infants, the diagnosis of ...

Back in October, a jury found North Chicago-based Abbott and Reckitt’s formula subsidiary Mead Johnson not responsible for a baby developing necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, from their ...

Infant formula makers Abbott and Reckitt saw their stocks decline Friday after a judge ruled plaintiffs could pursue a new ...

A Missouri judge has ordered Abbott Laboratories and Reckitt Benckiser unit Mead Johnson to face a new trial over allegations that they failed to warn a mother about the risks of their specialized ...

Reckitt--which houses Dettol, Harpic and Durex among its brands--said the judge ordered a retrial of a Missouri lawsuit that had found in October that subsidiary Mead Johnson wasn't liable for ...