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Opioid misuse lead to at least 456 deaths in UK hospital

Care standards and ethics in the NHS are once again under scrutiny after a report found that overprescription of opiates at Gosport War Memorial Hospital shortened hundreds of lives.

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Sarepta goes up, PTC goes down – DMD research sways the mark...

US biotech Sarepta's shares jumped by as much as 60% after a gene therapy produced dramatic results in three boys with the muscle wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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Novartis ranked top for corporate reputation in dermatology

Novartis has been ranked the top pharma company in dermatology in a corporate reputation survey of skin condition patient groups.

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J&J seals $2.1bn deal on sale of major diabetes devices firm

As part of its ongoing divestment program, a deal worth $2.1 billion has been struck between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and US private equity firm Platinum Equity over the sale of the

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Information Commissioner urges NHS Trusts to prioritise priv...

The Information Commissioner has ruled that a major hospital failed to comply with the Data Protection Act when it provided patient details to Google’s DeepMind.

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