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UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The proportion of Britain’s workforce too sick to work has jump...

13th September, 2022

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EU regulator backs Pfizer/BioNTech BA.4/5-adapted COVID booster

By Natalie Grover (Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday recommended a COVID-19 bo...

12th September, 2022

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Philips subsidiary to pay over $24 million for alleged false claims for medical equipment

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A subsidiary of Dutch medical device maker Philips has agree...

2nd September, 2022

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British scientists behind key COVID trial launch study to test monkeypox treatment

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – The British scientists behind one of the major therapeutic COVI...

24th August, 2022

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Bavarian Nordic signs up U.S. firm for packaging monkeypox vaccine

(Reuters) – Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday it has signed up a U.S.-based manuf...

19th August, 2022

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UK to offer COVID booster to all adults from September

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -All adults in the United Kingdom will be offered a COVID-19 boos...

15th August, 2022

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UK first to approve Omicron COVID shot with Moderna nod

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in l...

15th August, 2022

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Drugmakers’ shares stabilise after Zantac litigation slump

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in GSK, Sanofi, Haleon and Pfizer began to recover on Fr...

12th August, 2022

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GSK, Sanofi and Haleon shares slump on Zantac litigation concerns

By Natalie Grover and Danilo Masoni LONDON (Reuters) -Shares in GSK, Sanofi and Haleon fell sharply...

12th August, 2022

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FTSE 100 stalls as Rio Tinto, healthcare stocks weigh

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -Britain’s top share index dipped on Thursday, weighed down by Rio Tinto...

11th August, 2022

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Exclusive-Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection...

10th August, 2022

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Nurses in England and Wales to vote on strike action over pay

LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of nurses in England and Wales will vote next month on whet...

9th August, 2022