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March 21 2022

NMC Health PLC
NMC sells stake in Saudi medical group as it prepares to exit administration
Former FTSE hospital operator collapsed in 2020 after disclosing more than $4bn in debts
2 hours ago
March 21 2022

Biotech
Finance, culture, talent: why Europe struggles to commercialise its biotech expertise
The continent is eager to capitalise on BioNTech’s Covid-19 success — but matching the scale of US hubs will be hard
March 21 2022

Health Care
Blood testing start-up Osler to tap investors as it primes device launch
Oxford university spinout seeks to add to $100mn already raised in drive to succeed where Theranos failed
March 21 2022

Samsung BioLogics
Samsung Biologics capitalises on pandemic boom to expand in US and Europe
South Korean group makes Covid-19 treatments for the UK’s GSK and AstraZeneca
March 20 2022

The Big Read
Will AI turbocharge the hunt for new drugs?
Advocates point to the pandemic as proof of its value in healthcare even as critics dismiss its use in drug discovery as ‘hype’
March 18 2022

Coronavirus pandemic
Covid infections surge to record high for over-70s in UK
Health experts fear impact on NHS as new highly infectious Omicron variant drives increase
March 18 2022

War in Ukraine
Western drugmakers walk ethical tightrope over Russian ties
Companies must balance needs of sick patients while also demonstrating opposition to war in Ukraine
March 17 2022

Covid-19 vaccines
AstraZeneca prepared to ditch effort to secure US approval for Covid vaccine
UK drugmaker’s R&D chief says abandoning market would have little impact
March 16 2022

Nigeria
Nigeria’s health system requires radical overhaul, experts warn
Lancet Commission report makes recommendations to reduce high burden of disease that stymies development
March 16 2022

Coronavirus pandemic
Britons less cautious over Covid than at any point during pandemic
Relaxation comes as government advisers increasingly uneasy over rising infections and hospital admissions from Omicron BA.2 offshoot
March 16 2022

UK politics & policy
Whitehall ‘lacks plan’ to turn extra NHS funding into better care, MPs warn
Spending committee criticises health department for overseeing ‘years of decline’ on treatment waiting lists
March 15 2022

War in Ukraine
Eli Lilly to halt exports of non-essential medicines to Russia
Erectile dysfunction drug Cialis among treatments that will no longer be provided
March 15 2022

The Big Read
Will ‘open-source’ vaccines narrow the inequality gap exposed by Covid?
WHO-backed scheme to create mRNA vaccines aims to erase the unfair distribution of jabs during the pandemic
March 14 2022

Diabetes
Diabetes support moves into the workplace
Employers are starting to offer coaching to staff in an effort to manage Type 2 diabetes — one of the US’s costliest diseases
March 13 2022

News in-depthWar in Ukraine
Aid efforts struggle to contain Ukraine’s multiple health crises
Russia’s attacks on hospitals, shortages of drugs and a polio outbreak are causing a humanitarian disaster
March 13 2022

ExplainerCoronavirus pandemic
How can genomic sequencing spot the next coronavirus variant?
Discovery of new strain that combines elements of Delta and Omicron shows importance of surveillance
March 13 2022

Kirin Holdings Co Ltd
Kirin looks beyond beer with $870mn push into healthcare and pharma
CEO of Japanese brewer wants to reinvent company as alcohol consumption declines
March 11 2022

The FT ViewThe editorial board
Lessons for the next pandemic from two years of Covid
Surveillance and superfast vaccine development could restrain spread of a new virus
March 11 2022

City InsiderBryce Elder
Critics call foul over GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccine push
Plus, speculation surrounds Ted Baker, and Russian connections give Jefferies an ESG headache
March 10 2022

Anjana Ahuja
When do we declare the Covid pandemic over?
Shutting off the siren of a global public health emergency is no simple matter
March 10 2022

Coronavirus pandemic
Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu in England
Recent rise in hospital admissions shows decision to end restrictions still carries risks
March 9 2022

Coronavirus treatment
Austria drops compulsory Covid vaccine mandate
Suspension to apply for three months despite rise in coronavirus cases
March 9 2022

Science
World’s first pig heart transplant patient dies 2 months later
Scientists believe advances in xenotransplant research can provide new sources of vital organs
March 8 2022

National Health Service
NHS on ‘unsustainable financial trajectory’, says Sajid Javid
‘Small-state Tory’ says sectors from education to infrastructure will suffer without reform
March 8 2022

Special ReportFT Health: Combating Pandemics
Covid disappointments spur Africa’s homegrown vaccine makers
Health body targets 60% of all jabs given on the continent to be made there by 2040

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