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USA – A recently released congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) report estimates that opioid addiction has cost the United States nearly US$1.5 trillion in 2020—indicating a 37 percent increase since…
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USA -Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease division has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LogicBio Therapeutics, in a bid to strengthen the former’s efforts in genomics and rare diseases. AstraZeneca…
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USA – Ventus Therapeutics, a small bioteh based in the US has signed a licensing deal with the Danish drug giant Novo Nordisk to advance and market several drug assets…
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USA – Plume, a virtual transgender healthcare provider, picked up US$24 million in fresh funding to help fuel its nationwide expansion, Fiercehealthcare reports. The series was led by Transformation Capital…
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USA – GE Healthcare has received expanded FDA 510(k) clearance for its AIR Recon DL for 3D and Propeller imaging sequences. GE says the freshly FDA-approved features are applicable to…
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USA -UK pharmaceutical company GSK is taking a stake in Spero Therapeutics as part of a licensing agreement for the US-based drug developer’s experimental antibiotic for complicated urinary tract infections(cUTIs).…
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USA – Amazon has unveiled a new bedside sleep-tracking device, Halo Rise, expanding its lineup of consumer health devices beyond wristbands for the first time. Amazon’s sleep-sensing gadget is debuting…
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USA -Rippl, a company focused on providing mental health solutions to seniors with dementia and other cognitive conditions, launched with a US$32 million seed round. The seed round was led…
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USA – Japanese pharma company, Takeda has agreed to become a major purchaser of energy produced by Enel, a wind farm in Oklahoma to offset carbon footprints by investing in…
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USA -The National Institutes of Health has launched a program to understand every human gene’s function better and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each…
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