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…
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Chloe Kent
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Drug dispensing goes digital
When his daughter was hospitalised at birth, Omnicell founder and CEO Randall Lipps observed how inefficiently medical supplies were managed.…