Researchers and pharmaceutical companies could get wider access to NHS data for the first time under new Labour plans.

With avian influenza posing an ongoing public health threat, a new initiative has been launched to better prepare low- and middle-income countries.

Pfizer’s new gene therapy for haemophilia A has been found to significantly reduce the number of annual bleeding events in patients with the disorder.

Agilent Technologies has announced the acquisition of contract drug manufacturing company Biovectra to expand its offerings to biotech companies and medical researchers.

A 14-year-old boy’s death from Nipah virus in India, highlights the urgent need for medical interventions against this deadly disease.

In a discovery that researchers hope could have similar effects in humans, a drug has been found to increase the lifespan of laboratory animals by almost 25%.   

Another obesity drug could be on its way to the market after Roche announces positive results for its drug in a phase I trial.

Type 2 diabetes has replaced COVID-19 on the list of the world’s most studied diseases this year, according to a study by Phesi.