All Health articles – Page 9
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NewsExplainer: How do the Covid vaccines measure up against each other and omicron?
Looking at how the evidence stacks up for vaccines against variants and how their performance holds up over time
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OpinionLetters: February 2022
Readers investigate June Lindsey’s legacy, question policy and celebrate vaccination
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OpinionThe shadow of drug resistance
Why do some medicines stop working, and can we avoid it for Covid-19 antivirals?
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BusinessMartin Shkreli fined and banned from pharma for life
‘Pharma Bro’ must pay back $65m in profits for anticompetitive behaviour while leading Turing Pharmaceuticals
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BusinessUS judge overturns Purdue’s opioid bankruptcy settlement
Ruling says bankruptcy court did not have authority to grant Sackler family protection from future litigation
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OpinionWhen regulatory cooperation goes too far, we all lose
Were FDA staff unduly influenced by Biogen in approving Alzheimer’s antibody?
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BusinessPharmaceuticals roundup 2021
It’s been another dramatic, pandemic-dominated year for the pharmaceutical industry
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BusinessFatal incident in German chemicals park
One dead and five injured by caustic soda being used for cleaning work
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OpinionWhy eating a sleigh’s worth of candy canes is a bad idea
Like any compound, the festive flavour of peppermint can be harmful in high doses
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FeatureKeeping cell therapy under wraps
Materials to safely encapsulate transplanted cells for could enable a revolution in the treatment of diabetes and a wide range of other diseases. James Mitchell Crow reports
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BusinessPfizer sues former employee for alleged trade secret theft
Chun Xiao Li downloaded thousands of confidential documents before resigning
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OpinionHooray for milk
We’re still uncovering the secrets of breast milk, but what we know so far is fascinating
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FeatureThe science of breast milk and baby formula
Nina Notman reveals how breast milk research is inspiring a new generation of infant formulas and opening the door to therapeutic advances
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BusinessCovid-19 antivirals surge forward
Promising results from Pfizer trial, while UK approves Merck & Co’s molnupiravir
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FeaturemRNA vaccines for Covid and beyond
Already hailed as a miracle, the new vaccine technology could protect us from other diseases, Clare Sansom finds
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BusinessNew J&J subsidiary to absorb talc lawsuit liabilities
Firm aims to use bankruptcy protection and a $2bn trust to resolve thousands of cancer claims
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OpinionA vaccine for all seasons?
Phase 1 clinical trials have begun on a candidate that could work against a wide range of flu viruses
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ResearchTiny shear forces have big effect on protein reactions
Proteins react faster under the forces they experience when they squeeze through blood vessels
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NewsFirst malaria vaccine approved as hopes raised for new, better ones
Mosquirix prevents just 30% of severe malaria cases in young children prompting a guarded welcome
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BusinessNew antiviral impresses against Covid-19
Merck & Co and Ridgeback’s molnupiravir reduces risk of hospitalisation and death, and may work against other coronaviruses