Scotland reaches access agreement with Vertex for CF drug Orkambi
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced two of its cystic fibrosis (CF) drugs, Orkambi (lumacaftor-ivacaftor) and Symkevi...
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UK Government confirms disruption to medicines in event of no-deal Brexit
A document published by the UK Government laying out the worst case scenario if the...
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NHS agrees to fund drug for children with incurable Batten disease
The NHS in the UK has agreed to fund a drug for children with a...
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UK initiates £200m genome project to address fatal diseases
The UK Government has launched a £200m whole-genome sequencing project in alliance with pharmaceutical companies...
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GSK to buy Sitari Pharmaceuticals from Avalon Ventures
UK-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed a definitive agreement with Avalon Ventures to acquire...
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AZ licenses PARPi to Theragnostics to develop novel radiopharmaceuticals
UK-based clinical stage biotech Theragnostics has signed a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca (AZ) related to...
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UK’s NICE recommends Novartis’ Luxturna gene therapy for rare eye disease
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of...
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Personalised cell therapy developer Achilles closes £100m round
UK-based Achilles Therapeutics has announced the closing of its £100m Series B financing round, which...
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Researchers find new drug with promise for malaria treatment
An international research team led by the University of Glasgow has discovered a new drug...
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Study finds menopausal HRT drastically increases breast cancer risk
Research published in the Lancet has found that women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to...
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