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Bavarian Nordic Raises Sales Guidance After Monkeypox Vaccine Order
Date: May 25, 2022
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic on Wednesday lifted its sales outlook and now expects a smaller operating loss this year after signing a contract with an undisclosed country for the supply of its monkeypox vaccine. Bavarian shares traded up 16% at 1019 GMT and have risen more than 40% since the company announced...
Taiwan Kept Covid Below 15,000 Cases for All 2021. Now It Has 80,000 a Day, Testing Its ‘new Model’
Date: May 24, 2022
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus. For the whole of 2021, Taiwan reported less than 15,000 locally transmitted...
Cancer Coalition Aims to Boost Access to Medicines in Poorer Countries
Date: May 20, 2022
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis and Roche have teamed up with global cancer organisations in an alliance aimed at getting more oncology medications to poorer countries. Currently, fewer than 50% of the cancer drugs on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) essential medicines list are available in low and middle income...
OrbVest Ceo: US Demographic Trends Strongly Favor Medical Office Real Estate
Date: May 17, 2022
The dislocation caused by COVID impacted all areas of life and transformed work and leisure for tens of millions of Americans. The health crisis also prompted an unprecedented population shift over the past two years, which along with an accommodative Federal Reserve, stimulus payments, and a buoyant stock market contributed to a dramatic rise of...
Why the Implementation of Software That Interoperates Across Social Care and Healthcare Is Critical in a post-COVID Landscape
Date: May 12, 2022
By Jonathan Papworth, Founder of Person Centred Software Social care has historically not been the most technologically advanced sector. When the desktop computer became common in many industries, the mobile nature of care meant that frontline carers had no opportunity to take advantage of computer systems. However, modern mobile devices, such as the iPhone, have...
N.Korea Reports First Covid Outbreak, Orders Lockdown in “gravest Emergency”
Date: May 12, 2022
By Joori Roh and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea reported its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media saying an Omicron variant had been detected in the capital, Pyongyang. North Korea had never confirmed a COVID infection before Thursday although South Korean...