Global coalition calls for stronger government action on COPD

September 18, 2026
Joint Declaration, Speak Up for COPD coalition, UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

A global coalition of patient advocates, industry and non-profit organisations has called on governments to strengthen action on chronic obstructive …

Global health researchers call for more equitable partnerships

September 17, 2026
Equitable Partnerships in Global Health Research, Global Consortium for Public Health Research, University of Huddersfield, infectious disease, social inequalities

More than 70 academics, researchers, public health professionals, policymakers and research partners from around the world have called for greater …

Liverpool launches £20m lab for infectious disease drug discovery

September 16, 2026
AI, human organoids, infectious disease drug discovery lab, liverpool, robotics

A new £20m high-security laboratory using robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and human organoids to accelerate drug and vaccine development for …

Circle Health Group expands into UK laboratory operations

September 15, 2026
Circle Health Group, PureHealth, UK laboratory operations, diagnostic services

Circle Health Group (Circle) has expanded into laboratory operations across the UK through the acquisition of selected laboratory operations from …

FibroFind appoints Professor Andrew Fisher as Chief Medical Officer

September 14, 2026
FibroFind

FibroFind, a preclinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) specialising in human-relevant tissue models, has appointed Professor Andrew Fisher as Chief Medical …

Pharma sees climate disruption as growing supply-chain risk

September 11, 2026
British Standards Institution, climate disruption, pharma, supply-chain risk

Nine in ten pharmaceutical companies across the UK and G7 countries expect climate-related disruption to their supply chains to increase …

Manchester NHS-MHRA partnership to test new technologies in real-world care

September 10, 2026
AI-enabled medical devices, Manchester, NHS-MHRA partnership, patient care

Patients in Manchester could gain faster access to promising healthcare technologies through a new partnership between the Medicines and Healthcare …

Ondine reports 40% reduction in surgical-site infections in phase 3 trial

September 9, 2026
Ondine Biomedical, nasal photodisinfection technology, phase 3 trial, surgical-site infections

Ondine Biomedical has reported a 40% relative reduction in 30-day surgical-site infections (SSIs) in a 5,188-patient phase 3 trial of …

Northern Ireland to roll out staff well-being training across health service

September 8, 2026
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care, staff well-being training

Thousands of line managers across Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care (HSC) system are to receive new training designed to …

European consortium demonstrates continuous manufacturing platform for pharmaceutical ingredients

September 7, 2026
European PIPAC consortium, continuous manufacturing platform, supply-chain resilience

A European consortium has demonstrated a continuous manufacturing platform for pharmaceutical active ingredients (APIs), combining continuous-flow chemistry, real-time analytical monitoring …

From lab breakthrough to NHS treatment: Getting innovative therapies to patients

September 5, 2026
Clinical trials supplies & documentation logistics, Due Diligence, NICE / SMC Submissions, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Affairs Oncology

By Chloe Williams and Sarah Ellson Innovative therapies are transforming the treatment landscape for serious diseases, particularly cancer. Advances in …

Five Facts about NHS and primary care

September 5, 2026
Medical Communications Five Facts, HRT, NHS, primary care

1 Primary care is the front door to the NHS, but it extends well beyond general practice. It includes primary …

AI in pharma: From lab development to patient impact

September 5, 2026
AI, Cancer, Immunology, Merck, Vaccine, Virology, personalised medicine, pharma

In the decade to 2025, AI use in vaccine development has increased markedly but is the boom in research translating …

Back to basics: X-ray inspection in pharmaceutical and medical device production

September 5, 2026
Licences/Quality Standards, Packaging, Pharmacovigilance Contamination Control, Devices, inspection, pharmaceutical manufacturing, regulatory

By Adam Green In pharmaceutical manufacturing, inspection plays a critical role in process control to examine individual products, primary packs, …

Power of partnership: Turning shared purpose into improved shared decision-making in rare disease

September 5, 2026
Internal Communication Campaigns, Market Access Consultancy, Medical Communications, Medical Communications Training, Patient Advocacy Rare Diseases, ZPB Associates

In February 2026, PMGroup Worldwide Ltd and Visions4Health launched the Excellence in Healthcare Partnerships (EHP) Awards to recognise innovative collaborations …

Major funding opportunity opens for early cancer diagnostics

September 4, 2026
Innovate UK, NHS, Scotland, cancer research funding

Up to £25.4m in funding is available for collaborative projects developing technologies to improve the early detection and diagnosis of …

Androlabs receives UK authorisation for new Testavan presentation

September 4, 2026
Androlabs, Testavan, UK authorisation, hypogonadism, testosterone

Androlabs has received UK marketing authorisation for a new presentation of Testavan 4.6 mg/actuation transdermal gel for testosterone replacement therapy …

CEPI backs African-led Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine development

September 3, 2026
Africa, CEPI, Ebola vaccine

Minapharm Group is to receive up to US$16.5m from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to advance development of …

Cytomos appoints life sciences executive to board

September 2, 2026
Alex Jones, Cytomos, non-executive director

Edinburgh-based biotechnology company Cytomos has appointed life sciences executive Dr Alex Jones as a non-executive director as it moves to …

Cell therapy partnership aims to bring liver disease treatment closer to US patients

September 1, 2026
Resolution Therapeutics, US, cell therapy, liver disease

Resolution Therapeutics has partnered with the Blood Centers of America (BCA) to support community-based delivery of its experimental cell therapy …

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