Forget anti-ageing, get the basics right
How we think about ageing requires a holistic approach beyond cosmetic treatments (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Science is closing in on the frailties of old age
Research is finding ways to extend animal lifespans but regulators are still wary of treating ageing as a disease (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Its blockbuster cystic fibrosis treatment costs $300,000 a year. Now Vertex wants to solve the opioid crisis
With revenues having more than doubled since 2019, to $10bn, US pharma group targets painkillers (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

England has highest rates of child alcohol consumption, WHO finds
Global health experts call for curbs on online marketing to protect teens from marketing of ‘harmful products’ (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Is Britain suffering from a ‘sick note culture’?
Rishi Sunak has vowed to get people back to work but data indicates problems with the diagnosis — and proposed solution (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

News updates from April 24: Meta shares fall after earnings; Spain’s PM considers quitting
(Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Bernie Sanders to lead US Senate probe of Ozempic pricing
(Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The ‘gender health gap’ shortens lives and costs billions
Neglecting women’s pain affects the entire medical pipeline, from research to diagnosis and treatment (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Brain organoids target rare neurological disorder
Technique devised for Timothy syndrome could open way to therapies for other untreatable conditions (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Indonesia raises interest rates in surprise move
(Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Ogilvy forms health influencer unit to target ‘new frontier’ in marketing
WPP-owned advertising agency seeks to tap trend for seeking medical information on social media (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

How the secret of sleep keeps us awake
Businesses can keep exploiting our tiredness while scientists seek to explain the mechanics of it (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Scientists develop simple test to boost cancer detection in poorer countries
Technique highlights concerns shifting global disease burden as populations age (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

UK alcohol deaths surged during pandemic
Rate of fatalities from excessive drinking 41% higher in 2022 than 2019, with women showing the biggest rise (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

EU approves new antibiotic to tackle rise of superbugs
Pfizer’s Emblaveo to be aimed at some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news