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Patient groups urge EMA to tackle antibiotic shortages

A consortium of organizations have signed a letter urging the European Medicines Agency to do more to address critical shortages of widely used antibiotics. 
  • EMA expects antibiotics shortage to improve in coming months
  • US fails to pass Netflix-style model for new antibiotics – "a huge disappointment"

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Pharma association denies pandemic lobbying: "Interest protection was on standby"

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EU launches imaging initiative to support cancer diagnosis and treatment

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Novo Nordisk denies sponsoring 60 Minutes segment

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Digital healthcare firm says first German deal is within sight

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    Takeda elected 2022's best place to work in Europe

    The Best Places to Work organization has compiled a list of 2022’s 17 best European workplaces – the top three are all life science companies.

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  • Christian Hedegaard, investment Director at Nordic Capital | Foto: NordicCapital

    ESG compliance makes companies more attractive

    ESG questions played a role when Nordic Capital invested in Leo Pharma in 2021, and the private equity firm says ESG is only becoming more and more important.

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  • A new discovery could facilitate earlier cancer diagnosis, prolonging lives, say Norwegian researchers

    Norwegian researchers make breakthrough cancer diagnosis discovery

    Researchers from a Norwegian university hospital think they have discovered a way to prolong lives for people with cancer by detecting cancer DNA in blood samples earlier than traditional diagnostics.

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    Coloplast agrees to million-dollar settlement in the US

    Following its own report of possible violations in connection with sales to US military veterans, the Danish medical technology company agrees to million-dollar settle claims.

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  • Blister packs made of biomass-based plastic could be an alternative to new packaging within the pharmaceutical industry | Foto: Str

    Japanese pharma firms join forces to reduce industry's environmental footprint

    The four biggest pharmaceutical companies in Japan team up to reduce the environmental impact from their shared industry by targeting drug packaging. The hope is to see other companies join.

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    British nurse strike spreads to more healthcare workers

    An industry association in the UK fears patient safety is on the line as a strike within healthcare grows in power.

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    Swedish antibiotic research center bulks up collaboration

    Next year, Sweden’s Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe) will count three universities, close to 150 researchers, and more than 20 institutions.

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  • Mette Frederiksen, prime minister of Denmark

    New Danish government to extend a hand to life science companies

    After historically lengthy negotiations, a new Danish government has presented an agenda including a plan to strengthen Denmark’s life science industry, which stars Novo Nordisk, Lundbeck, and Genmab.

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    GN Group's science-based climate goals gain approval

    The Science Based Targets initiative has certified that the hearing group’s 2030 targets – to lower scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80% and scope 3 by 25% – are in line with the Paris agreement.

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  • Lars Rasmussen, chairman of the board at Lundbeck and Coloplast. | Foto: Niels Hougaard

    Board chair at Coloplast and Lundbeck warns against large pay rises

    Companies have a responsibility to help combat inflation by keeping pay rises in check during contract negotiations, says Lars Rasmussen.

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    Nobel Prize winner: "Good research is driven by curiosity"

    The best research comes from curiosity, not personal ambition, says one of the three recipients of Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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    Companies must avoid pitfalls of new patent system, advisors warn

    From next year onwards, companies will be able to launch patent applications through a shared European court. That comes with opportunities, but there are risks as well, say lawyers and advisors.

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