Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited kidney disorder and the leading monogenic cause of kidney failure worldwide, affecting an estimated 12.5 million people globally. For nearly a decade, tolvaptan — a vasopressin V2...
Medical school taught me how to diagnose disease, interpret imaging, manage pain, and treat injury. It taught me remarkably little about what chronic trauma does to the body. Like many physicians, I was trained to think of trauma primarily as a psychological injury,...
Life science news 17 August 2026: Donald Trump signs an executive order seeking to narrow the US childhood vaccine schedule, the MHRA makes the UK the first country in Europe to authorise Eli Lilly’s orforglipron tablet, and Jazz Pharmaceuticals pays $820 million...
Long-running campaign removes unnecessary barrier for blood donors, a victory for both patients and the blood donation service* Patients receiving acupuncture from appropriately qualified practitioners will no longer have to wait four months before donating blood,...
Monocular eye closure in bright sunlight glare can often be interpreted as a benign photic response in pediatric patients. However, the behavior may point to an early or intermittent manifestation of binocular vision dysfunction such as intermittent exotropia....
Life science news 10 August 2026: Curium pays up to $8 billion for Lantheus to build a radiopharma giant, AstraZeneca’s shares slide on reported $400 billion Bristol Myers Squibb talks, and the MHRA approves a first-in-class BTK inhibitor for chronic hives in an...
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Boehringer Ingelheim AI Centre London: A New Frontier for Pharmaceutical Research German biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim announced on 20 April 2026 the launch of a new centre for artificial intelligence and machine learning in King's Cross, London, as...
When ADHD and Menopause Overlap: Why Midlife Women Are Still Not Getting the Right Answers Girls and women have historically been overlooked in the ADHD diagnostic process and this is due, in part, to the fact that their symptoms often present differently than they do...
It’s no secret that the National Health Service (NHS) is suffering diagnostic pressure. The British Medical Association (BMA) reports that in November 2024, approximately 1.6 million people in England were waiting for a diagnostic test. That’s double the 0.8...
Blenrep Multiple Myeloma NHS England Rollout Makes UK a World First in Blood Cancer Treatment England has become the first country in the world to make GSK's belantamab mafodotin, marketed as Blenrep, available to multiple myeloma patients through a national health...
Life science news 20 April 2026: A landmark pancreatic cancer breakthrough, record-breaking biotech IPO, major UK investment announcements and a surge in FDA approvals define a momentous week for the global life science industry. Revolution Medicines reported on 13...
When US and Israeli military operations against Iran began on 28 February 2026, the consequences for global energy markets were immediate and predictable. What was less widely anticipated was the scale of the disruption now rippling through the life sciences sector....
UK Government's Life Sciences Large Investment Portfolio: A New Era for British Life Science The United Kingdom's life sciences sector received a significant policy boost on 14 April 2026 when the government formally announced the Life Sciences Large Investment...
The UK is currently navigating a silent epidemic that threatens not only our collective physical well-being but also our national productivity and the long-term sustainability of our healthcare infrastructure. Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions now impact nearly one in...
Life science news 13 April 2026: A record-breaking wave of M&A, an escalating GLP-1 pricing war and major FDA approvals define a landmark week for the global life science industry. Gilead Sciences announced on 7 April its acquisition of Munich-based antibody-drug...
Life science news 6 April 2026: A landmark obesity pill approval, 100% pharma tariffs and a record $6.3 billion life sciences fund headline a transformative week for the global pharmaceutical industry. The FDA approved Eli Lilly's once-daily obesity pill Foundayo...
Scientists studying the extraordinary metabolism of Burmese pythons have identified a python blood molecule that dramatically suppresses appetite in obese mice, raising the prospect of a new class of weight loss therapies that could avoid some of the side effects...