Health
Roche to buy part of LumiraDx for $295 million
Swiss drugmaker Roche announced that it has agreed to buy LumiraDx’s Point of Care diagnostics platform for about $295m. LumiraDx shares rose 20% to 76
Italian man could regain use of hand after nerve transfer from amputated leg
A man may regain the use of his hand, which was paralysed after a serious car accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from
Gay man donates blood for first time after years of U.S. ban
In May of this year the federal food and drug agency amended its guidelines to allow gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to donate
FDA suspends Iovance’s lung cancer treatment clinical trial
Iovance Biotherapeutics said Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed its trial of a therapy for a type of lung cancer on
BioNTech aims to start producing mRNA vaccines in Rwanda in 2025
Vaccine manufacturer COVID-19 BioNTech aims to start production at its mRNA vaccine factory in Rwanda in 2025, according to company officials, which will thus become
Alabama woman with double uterus gives birth to twin girls
An Alabama woman with a rare birth defect that causes her to have two uteruses gave birth to healthy twin girls. Kelsey Hatcher and her
AstraZeneca to buy China’s Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2bn
AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday that it will buy China’s Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2 billion, bringing the British drugmaker’s ambitions in the field of cell therapies
Bayer wins latest Roundup cancer trial
Bayer has won a lawsuit brought by a California man who claimed he developed cancer from exposure to its Roundup herbicide, ending a streak of
Bristol Myers to buy RayzeBio for about $4.1 billion
Bristol Myers Squibb announced that it will buy RayzeBio for about $4.1 billion to bolster its cancer drug business, the second major deal the drugmaker
Bayer wins the latest Roundup cancer study
Bayer won a lawsuit filed by a California resident who claimed he developed cancer as a result of exposure to the herbicide Roundup, ending the