Your essential life science news 23 March 2026 digest: the past week’s biggest stories in pharma, biotech and healthcare. The FDA approved Johnson and Johnson's once-daily psoriasis pill ICOTYDE (icotrokinra) on 18 March, making it the world's first oral peptide to...
Electricity as a Hidden Dependency in Healthcare Reliable electricity is a foundational requirement for modern healthcare systems. From acute hospital care to long-term residential facilities and home-based treatment, uninterrupted power underpins virtually every...
With news of a HRT alternative for women struggling with hot flushes now available on the NHS, Dr Louise Newson explains why when it comes to Fezolinetant, women need to proceed with caution. UK medicines regulator NICE reported that they're in the final stages of...
New research has found that microplastics from food packaging could cause damage to the normal function and health of the liver. Microplastics - small fragments less than 5mm in size - are already known to be widespread in the food and drink that we consume. It is...
Your essential life science news digest: the past week's biggest stories in pharma, biotech and healthcare. 👇 This week's life science news was defined by regulatory uncertainty and clinical momentum. A landmark FDA leadership departure sent rare disease stocks...
Imperial College London, University of Oxford and GSK Launch £11 Million Centre to Build Digital Twins of Human Organs A new research centre backed by £11 million in funding has been established by Imperial College London, the University of Oxford and GSK to develop...
Imperial College London, University of Oxford and GSK Launch £11 Million Centre to Build Digital Twins of Human Organs A new research centre backed by £11 million in funding has been established by Imperial College London, the University of Oxford and GSK to develop...
For many modern women, the concept of fertility is something to consider later, when life feels steady and the timing feels right. Now more than ever, trends that encourage delaying partnership, questioning traditional paths, or seeking information earlier are...
A Neurodevelopmental Framework for Strategic Life Construction In an era defined by rapid technological change, algorithmic persuasion, and rising rates of youth anxiety, the question is no longer whether children need education, but what kind of education is most...
70,000 sq. ft. facility expands the company's biopharma, chemical and cold chain storage capacities DUBLIN, Ireland, (March 6, 2026) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, the world leader in serving science, today announced the opening of a new, 70,000 sq.ft. distribution...
People living with dementia will help close a long-standing weakness in research - the clinical trial evidence gap - in a new home-based study. While those over 65 account for two-thirds of illness in the UK, they make up just one-third of trial participants. This...
In its most significant structural overhaul since the 2021 Organon spin-off, MSD (known as Merck & Co. in the U.S. and Canada) has announced the division of its Human Health business into two standalone units: an Oncology Business Unit and a Specialty, Pharma...
A New Era for EHR Data A new study published in the latest issue of the Royal College of Physicians’ Future Healthcare Journal introduces PICTURE, an innovative data platform designed to convert routine electronic health record (EHR) data into actionable clinical...
After the success of previous summits, the revolutionary Smart Ageing Summit has announced a return to Oxford this May to host its fourth annual event. Rhodes House, University of Oxford is the perfect setting for non-profit organisation Oxford Health Project to host...
British research expertise to deliver faster cancer diagnosis and cleaner energy Major new backing for medical imaging centres across the UK alongside tidal energy testing expansion in Orkney and cutting-edge materials. From: Department for Science, Innovation and...
The global market for GLP-1 receptor agonists, once defined by scarcity and premium pricing, is entering a new phase. Prices for these blockbuster medicines, used to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes, are beginning to fall rapidly, forcing pharmaceutical companies,...
A Diagnostic Separation That Shaped a Generation For most of the modern history of psychiatry, autism and ADHD were treated as mutually exclusive conditions. Clinicians were trained to look for one or the other. Until the publication of DSM-5 in 2013, a dual diagnosis...
Leading global healthcare services provider Uniphar announces a strategic merger between Uniphar | Clinical and BMclinical, reinforcing Uniphar | Clinical’s integrated clinical supply offering and solidifying its position as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical and...