Industry Insights: Healthcare 22nd November
Industry Insights Healthcare: 22/11/24 In this week’s insights, we discuss three of the latest developments in the healthcare industry. Study discovers genetic factors behind testicular cancer As we head into the second half of November, we turn our attention to the annual Movember activity, which focusses on increasing awareness of various aspects of men’s health. […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 31st October
Industry Insights Healthcare: 31/10/24 This week’s insights focus on three of the latest developments in the healthcare industry. Advancing breast cancer care with HER2-targeted therapies Breast Cancer Awareness Month marks a period of the year in which healthcare professionals and organisations worldwide aim to raise awareness of the importance of diagnosing and treating breast […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 10th October
Industry Insights Healthcare: 10/10/24 In this week’s insights, we will briefly summarise three of the latest advancements and approvals in the healthcare industry. The FDA approves the first self-administered nasal spray flu vaccine The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FluMist (AstraZeneca), a nasal spray flu vaccine, for self-administration by adult patients up […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 19th September
Industry Insights Healthcare: 19/09/24 In this week’s insights, we will briefly summarise three of the latest developments in the healthcare industry. FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and ModernaThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna designed to target the currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant (an […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 29th August
Industry Insights Healthcare: 29/08/24 This week’s insights focus on three of the latest findings and developments in the healthcare industry. Encoding genes outside the genome: Is it possible?A new study by researchers at Columbia University revealed that bacteria can create free-floating and temporary genes that exist outside of their genomes. The researchers discovered this phenomenon […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 7th August
Industry Insights Healthcare: 07/08/24 In this week’s insight, we will briefly summarise three of the latest developments in the healthcare industry. Wegovy® (semaglutide), the new weight-loss drug, becomes available in AustraliaNovo Nordisk’s Wegovy®, a new semaglutide brand for weight loss, will be available in Australia from August 2024. Wegovy® is approved for chronic weight management […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 28th June
Industry Insights Healthcare: 28/06/24 Here are three briefly summarised articles to help keep you informed of the latest developments in the industry. Novo Nordisk announces 4.1 billion USD investment to expand US manufacturing capacity Novo Nordisk has announced a $4.1 billion investment to construct a second fill and finishing manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina. […]
Industry Insights: Healthcare 9th June
Industry Insights Healthcare: 09/06/24 Here are three briefly summarised articles to help keep you informed of the latest developments in the industry. Moderna receives U.S. FDA Approval for RSV vaccine mRSEVIA Moderna has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mRESVIA to protect adults aged 60 years and older from respiratory […]
Industry Insight: Healthcare 17 May
This week’s Healthcare Industry Insights focuses on innovations in breast cancer vaccines, key results from the recently published Global Burden of Disease 2021 study, and the results of a study looking at how proteins in the blood could be an early cancer warning. The race for a breast cancer vaccineThere have been noticeable developments […]
Industry Insight: Healthcare 8 April
This week’s Healthcare Industry Insights focuses on changes to China’s medical-device industry, users’ experiences with health-related content on Youtube, and FDA approval for a new antibiotic. China’s medical device industry gets a makeover This Nature article (part of Nature Spotlight: Medical devices in China) highlights the intensified push by the Chinese Government to produce and […]
Industry Insight: Healthcare 15 March
Industry Insight: Healthcare 15 March This week our Healthcare Industry Insights focuses on a new approval indication for Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, a pending decision on donanemab for Alzheimers, and potential withdrawal of the ALS drug, Relyvrio. FDA approves first treatment to reduce risk of serious heart problems specifically in adults with obesity or overweight Semaglutide […]
Industry Insight: Healthcare 22 February
We have summarised three articles to help keep you informed of the latest developments in the industry. This week, our Healthcare Industry Insight looks at positive pre-clinical results for THIO, an investigational telomere targeting agent, in small-cell lung cancer. We also take a look at new FDA drug approvals for advanced melanoma and food allergens. […]
