All articles by Chloe Kent

The dark consequences of drug supply shortages

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a notable increase in the purchase of medicines through online…
Poor digital communications could be prolonging the Covid-19 pandemic

Nearly 80 million people in the US and six million in the UK are eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine, yet…
Algae proteins and optogenetics: a vision of the future

Just like plants on land, algae in water uses sunlight as an energy source. This mechanism varies between species but…
Should UK children be vaccinated against chickenpox?

The UK's Approach to Chickenpox Vaccination Typically seen as a mild childhood illness, chickenpox is an infection caused by the…
Inside Philip Morris’ controversial Vectura acquisition

Tobacco giant Philip Morris now generates around a quarter of its $28bn sales revenue from smoke-free products and aims to…

Timeline: malaria vaccines through the ages

Malaria is a life-threatening disease transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitos. Plasmodium parasites are transmitted…
Improving care for rare diseases in India

An orphan drug is a treatment designed for a rare disease, or one which has no satisfactory method of diagnosis,…
Developing an oral Covid-19 vaccine

Vaccinating a global population of nearly eight billion people is no easy task. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has made this…
Centessa Pharmaceuticals: forging a new path for pharma R&D

In February, a new kind of pharmaceutical company launched, backed by $250m in series A funding and taking a never-seen-before…
Drug dispensing goes digital

When his daughter was hospitalised at birth, Omnicell founder and CEO Randall Lipps observed how inefficiently medical supplies were managed.…