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UK’s C4X Discovery signs $400m deal with AstraZeneca to develop treatment of respiratory diseases
British drug discovery company C4X Discovery said AstraZeneca had signed a licence worth up $402 million to develop an oral therapy for the treatment of inflammatory...
EU disease prevention agency sees risk of Covid deaths rising as Omicron subvariants spread
Two new subvariants of Omicron -- BA.4 and BA.5 -- are spreading much faster than other corovanirus variants in Europe, which could lead to...
Monkeypox designated a notifiable disease
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said that monkeypox is to be listed as a notifiable disease in law from Wednesday (June 8).
The new...
ABPI welcomes NI’s Rare Diseases Action Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has called Northern Ireland’s recently published ‘Rare Diseases Action Plan’ as a big step forward towards...
UK regulator approves Bayer’s Kerendia to treat chronic kidney disease
German pharmaceutical company Bayer has received authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the use of Kerendia (finerenone) (10mg or...
One in five people with risk of heart disease do not know how to check pulse, study says
One in five people in the UK having a personal or familial risk of heart disease do not know how to check their pulse,...