Category: Health
AstraZeneca pays 660pct premium for gene therapy firm LogicBio
Shares of LogicBio Therapeutics (LOGC.O) skyrocketed on Monday after Britain’s AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) said it would buy the US-based gene therapy developer at a [...] » More
Nobel medicine prize goes to explorer of ancient DNA
Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved [...] » More
Shionogi says COVID pill trial shows reduction in symptoms
Japan’s Shionogi & Co Ltd (4507.T) said on Wednesday its oral treatment for COVID-19 demonstrated a significant reduction in symptoms compared with a placebo in a [...] » More
CRUCIAL PROGRESS FOR WOMEN IN STEM BUT MUCH MORE WORK TO DO
The number of women enrolled in STEM degrees jumped by 24 percent between 2015 and 2020, bringing 17,000 more women into STEM study and lifting women’s share of STEM [...] » More
End of Covid pandemic in sight: WHO
The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the [...] » More
Second US monkeypox death as virus linked to brain inflammation
A second US death was linked to monkeypox on Tuesday as health authorities published a study describing how two previously healthy young men experienced inflammation of the [...] » More
India approves ‘world’s first’ intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
India’s drug regulator has approved what a local vaccine innovator calls the “world’s first” intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, restricted for use in [...] » More
Top scientists join forces to study leading theory behind long Covid
Top scientists from leading academic centres are banding together to answer a key question about the root cause of long Covid whether fragments of the coronavirus persist in [...] » More
Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe, WHO says
It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a [...] » More
Moderna sues Pfiser/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine
Moderna is suing Pfiser and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they [...] » More
Pfiser’s RSV vaccine found effective, safe among older adults in study
Pfiser Inc (PFE.N) said on Thursday its vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) was effective among older adults in a late-stage study and it plans to file for approval [...] » More
EU regulator to discuss Moderna, Pfiser Omicron shots applications on September 1
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will hold an extraordinary meeting on September 1 to discuss applications from Moderna (MRNA.O) and Pfiser (PFE.N)for vaccine boosters [...] » More
Moderna seeks FDA nod for booster shot aimed at Omicron BA.4, BA.5
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Tuesday sought US authorisation for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would [...] » More
EU regulator to discuss Moderna, Pfiser Omicron shots applications on September 1
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will hold an extraordinary meeting on September 1 to discuss applications from Moderna (MRNA.O) and Pfiser (PFE.N)for vaccine boosters [...] » More
Moderna seeks FDA nod for booster shot aimed at Omicron BA.4, BA.5
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Tuesday sought US authorisation for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would [...] » More
