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AstraZeneca signs a deal for an oral obesity drug that boosts profit forecasts
AstraZeneca will enter the race to develop a weight-loss pill. It is working on a new class of drugs, which it hopes to use in developing nations to combat obesity.
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company announced on Thursday a…
AstraZeneca signs a deal for an oral obesity drug that boosts profit forecasts
AstraZeneca will enter the race to develop a weight-loss pill. It is working on a new class of drugs, which it hopes to use in developing nations to combat obesity.
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company announced on Thursday a…
Staff leaving NHS pensions at alarming rate
Record numbers of workers are leaving the NHS pension scheme amid the cost of living crisis.
More than 75,000 NHS staff pulled out of the scheme, considered one of the most generous in the country, in the last financial year, including…
Enhancing Efficiency and Accuracy with Wireless Temperature Monitoring Solutions:
Enhancing Efficiency and Accuracy with Wireless Temperature Monitoring Solutions: Revolutionising Temperature Control in Multiple Industries
In today's fast-paced and complex world, the need for efficient and accurate temperature control…
CMR Surgical, a medical robotics company, taps investors to raise $165m
CMR Surgical, a medical robotics company, has raised an additional $165 million from investors to expand its global footprint and operating theatre capabilities.
SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and China's Tencent, as well as Spain's Escala…
Oxford BioMedica shares soar as vaccine maker raises earnings guidance
Oxford BioMedica has raised its earnings guidance for the next year, as it signs up new clients for their cell and gene therapies business. Shares have risen as much as 20%.
The London-listed firm, which manufactured the…
New vaccines are available to combat the highly mutated Covid variant
Early studies indicate that the new Covid-19 vaccines may help protect against the highly-mutated variant BA.2.86, a variant scientists feared would be dangerous.
Moderna, Pfizer, and BioNTech announced on Wednesday that a laboratory…
Novo Nordisk is Europe’s most valuable business
Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company, has for the first ever become Europe's largest company by closing prices. This was after it introduced its most popular weight loss drug Wegovy to the UK.
Novo's shares closed at 1,311…
Scientists warn that UK’s Long Covid Research is threatened by regulator backlog
Scientists warn that delays in the UK's medicine regulator could mean that an important trial to find ways to treat Long Covid may run out of funding before it is completed.
Researchers searching for treatment options that would benefit…
Babylon virtual GP creates two divisions in administration
Babylon, the digital health company that created the NHS GP at Hand App, has put two of its divisions under administration.
Alvarez & Marsal, a restructuring firm, confirmed late Wednesday that it was appointed administrator of…
Centene will sell GP clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the UK market
Centene, the US health insurer, is selling its GP clinic chain, along with the largest private hospital group in Britain, abandoning ambitious plans to penetrate the British healthcare system.
Three people familiar with the sale process…
Details of UK Covid contract worth £8bn yet to be published
According to research presented to the official inquiry into UK government's handling the pandemic, the full details of Covid-19 contract worth more than £8bn were not published.
According to a study by , Spend Network,, a consultancy…
PureHealth buys UK hospital operator Circle in $1.2bn deal
PureHealth, the largest healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates, has reached an agreement to buy Circle Health Group from US company Centene for $1.2bn.
PureHealth is owned and controlled by a consortium which includes the Abu…
Jonathan Van-Tam joins Moderna as a senior executive
Sir Jonathan Van-Tam has been appointed senior medical advisor at Covid, a vaccine manufacturer.
According to official filings, the UK's former deputy Chief Medical Officer, who became a celebrity among British citizens during the…
Industry body warns that drug tax could increase the cost of medicines on the NHS
According to an industry group, the NHS could spend billions more on medicine if its defacto tax on generic drugs discourages manufacturers from launching cheaper alternative products in the UK.
The British Generic Manufacturers…
Novo Nordisk’s drug for obesity reduces stroke and heart attack risk
Novo Nordisk’s top-selling obesity medication reduces the risk of strokes or heart attacks, according to findings from a late-stage study that sent the shares of the Danish pharmaceutical firm and its main competitor Eli Lilly into record…
UK Government gives private companies a bigger role in Health Diagnostics
The UK government is looking to engage independent providers in order to reduce the waiting list for treatment.
On Friday, the "elective Recovery Task Force" will publish its final report and announce the decision to increase the role of…
UK pledges £600mn for social care services before winter
The government has allocated £600mn to hire and retain additional social care workers in England. This is part of a wider effort to strengthen public services before what will be the toughest winter ever for the NHS.
The Department of…