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COVID booster shots increase immunity, trial shows

A trial of booster vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 has shown that the jab significantly strengthens the body's T-cell immunity against the disease.

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Lynparza

AZ eyes FDA verdict on Lynparza in adjuvant breast cancer in...

The FDA will deliver a verdict on AstraZeneca’s PARP inhibitor Lynparza as an adjuvant treatment for breast cancer in the first quarter of next year, after granting the application a priori

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Coronaviruses

Pharma pledges rapid response to Omicron COVID variant

With governments around the world announcing measures to curb the new B.1.1.529 variant of COVID-19 – now christened Omicron – leading vaccine manufacturers have said they are poised to dev

Patients

genome sequencing

UK-wide whole genome sequencing for newborns is feasible - b...

Genomics England, the Department of Health and Social Care’s genome-sequencing hub, has this year ann

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AstraZeneca cuts the ribbon on its $1bn R&D lab in Cambridge

After years of delays and rising costs, AstraZeneca has formally unveiled its $1 billion R&D facility in

Sales & Marketing

Covid vaccine

The Covid cash cow - a look at the Covid vaccine sales figur...

The race to find and bring vaccines to market to fight Covid was impressive. So too are the sales figures. Katrina Megget reports.