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Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Novo Nordisk invests $6 bn to boost anti-obesity drug output

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Friday it would invest 42 billion kroner ($6 billion) to expand manufacturing facilities in efforts to meet massive demand for its anti-diabetes and anti-obesity treatments. Sales of the Ozempic and Wegovy treatments have made Novo Nordisk the most valuable company in Europe by market capitalisaiton….

Is AstraZeneca's Covid jab 'defective'?

Is AstraZeneca’s Covid jab ‘defective’? How firm that supplied 50million doses to the UK could face £90million lawsuit over rare blood clot side effect The jabs were dished out 50million times in the UK during the Covid pandemic  AstraZeneca said jab has ‘acceptable safety profile’ and regulators state that the benefits…

Virtual driving assessments could forecast crash risk in young drivers

Young drivers who have recently been licensed have a higher-than-average risk of crashes, especially in the first several years from licensure. A major contributor to this increased risk is the lack of adequate competence in driving skills. A new paper recently published in Pediatrics explores the possibility of predicting post-licensure…

Researchers find that youthful proteins help nerves regrow

Damaged nerves of the brain, eye, and spinal cord cannot grow back. But specific gene therapies might be able to change this, leading to treatments for paralysis and other forms of nerve damage, UConn Health researchers report in the October issue of Experimental Neurology. Axons are the long arms of…

Biometric gun safes recalled after 12-year-olds death

More than 60,000 gun safes have been recalled following the death of a 12-year-old boy and dozens of reports that unauthorized people can open the Fortress Safe devices. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said a programming flaw allows unauthorized people into the biometric safe. The youth died in Nevada…

Scientists develop innovative magnetic gel that heals diabetic wounds three times faster

Diabetic patients whose natural wound-healing capabilities are compromised often develop chronic wounds that are slow to heal. Such non-healing wounds could cause serious infections resulting in painful outcomes, such as limb amputation. To address this global health care challenge, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS)…