Why the pharmaceutical industry needs NHS data to develop new medicines

Blog post by Janet Valentine Why NHS Data is important for medical research To a greater or lesser degree, most countries charge their citizens to access health care. This means researchers can only study health outcomes in these countries, using...

Specialized Medical Company to start trading on Tadawul this week

Riyadh – Specialized Medical Company (SMC) is set to begin the listing and trading of its shares on the Main Market of the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) on Wednesday, 26 June 2025. The Saudi firm will float 75 million shares, equivalent to 30% of its...

Pharma Industry Owed ₦30bn Due To Health Fund Mismanagement – Pharmacists

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has revealed that the pharmaceutical industry is owed over ₦30 billion due to the mismanagement of health funds by physician-led hospital administrations. National chairman of ACPN, Pharm....

Nanjing pharma company develops anti-insomnia drug

A professional works at the Simcere State Key Laboratory of Neurology and Oncology Drug Development in Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, which leads domestic clinical development of Quviviq, a new generation anti-insomnia drug. [Photo provided to...

Novo Nordisk's fling with Hims & Hers ends in a bust-up

The alliance between Novo Nordisk and telehealth company Hims & Hers for the distribution of GLP-1 agonist weight-loss therapies has ended in acrimony. In a statement, Novo Nordisk said that it was terminating the collaboration "due to concerns...

Modern Supercritical Fluid Chromatography: An HPLC 2025 Video Interview with Caroline West

Key Points: Caroline West emphasizes that evolving our understanding of SFC fundamentals—like retention and selectivity—has allowed the technique to move beyond classical boundaries, making it more versatile across industries, not just...

Senator says ACIP next meeting should be postponed

Pushback against the reconstitution of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has emerged within the Republican party. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP)...

How a Big Pharma veteran looks to stand out in biotech as a unique ‘drug hunter’

Dr. Mathai Mammen knows the bar is high for a biotech bringing new drugs to the market. But to stand out among the crowd, the former head of R&D at Johnson & Johnson is steering his current company Parabilis Medicines toward not just difficult...

SPECIALIZED MEDICAL COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION OF OFFERING PERIOD FOR INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS AND FINAL ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

(MENAFN- ipexcellera) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 19 June 2025: Specialized Medical Company (“Company” or “SMC”), one of the leading healthcare providers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“Kingdom”), recognized as a center of excellence delivering...

Zhijun Medical expands therapeutics supply across Southeast Asia

The firm eyes localisation and epidemic readiness as demand rises for vaccines and blood products across the region. Shenzhen Zhijun Medical and Pharmaceutical Trading Co., Ltd. is intensifying its focus on Southeast Asia’s healthcare sector,...

ACPN alleges ₦30b debt to pharma industry over health fund mismanagement

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) on Saturday alleged that the health sector is currently burdened with over N30 billion in debt owed to the pharmaceutical industry due to the mismanagement of health funds. It faulted the...

Health warning for anyone going to Spain, Greece, Turkey, France or Italy

A pharmacist has provided all the information you need before setting off 13:41, 24 Jun 2025 This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more As Brits prepare to jet off on their...

Wegovy launched in India: How the breakthrough drug triggers weight loss

After Mounjaro, another weight loss jab has made its entry into Indian markets. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Tuesday (June 24) launched its popular weight-loss drug Wegovy in India. The drug semaglutide, marketed under the brand name Wegovy,...

Pharma companies are weighing how a drug’s IP location could impact tariffs

Biogen scores Cannes Festival win with dark humored campaign

Nikolaus Friedreich is “definitely dead.” And he has been since 1882. At least, that’s what his gravestone says at the beginning of “Friedreich’s Back,” a marketing campaign for the drug Skyclarys, Biogen’s treatment for the ultra-rare genetic...

Frequently Adding Salt to Food May Increase Liver Disease Risk, Study Finds

Frequently adding salt to foods may incur a greater risk of incident metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to findings from a recent study.1 Leveraging data for...

ADA: Vertex closer to weaning type 1 diabetics off insulin

A cell therapy developed by Vertex Pharma has allowed 10 of 12 patients with type 1 diabetes to control their blood sugar without insulin, according to new data from a phase 1/2 trial. One-year results from the company's FORWARD-101 trial of islet...

Cidara reports outcomes from trial of CD388 for preventing seasonal influenza

Cidara Therapeutics has reported encouraging top-line outcomes from the Phase IIb NAVIGATE trial of the investigational drug-Fc conjugate (DFC), CD388, for seasonal influenza prevention in healthy adult subjects aged 18 to 64, who are not...

Patients Voicing Key Needs for Migraine Care and Advocacy: Elizabeth W. Leroux, MD, FRCPC

WATCH TIME: 5 minutes "The key messages were about empowerment, breaking down stigma, seeking care, gaining access to care, and continuing to try new treatment options. I think this is an encouragement for us that, first, our strategic plan is...

Marking 150 Years: Shimadzu Europa’s President Reflects on Legacy and Innovation

Founded in 1875, Shimadzu Corporation is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year—a milestone that reflects a long‑standing legacy of innovation and cross-disciplinary work in analytical chemistry. In honor of the occasion, Yoshiaki Hirao,...